The crew of NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis departs for launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center

Astronaut Hans Schlegel of the European Space Agency departs from the crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on February 7, 2008. As Mission Specialist 3, Astronaut Schlegel will perform two spacewalks at the International Space Station to install the European Space Agency's Columbus module to the orbiting laboratory. .(UPI Photo/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell)