STS128 Landing

Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with a 5:53 p.m. PDT landing Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California:

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STS-128 Flight Day 11 Highlights

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STS-128 ISS Farewell and Hatch Closure:

Interview with ISS

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STS 128 EVA #1

Mission Specialists Danny Olivas and Nicole Stott perform the first spacewalk of the STS-128 mission:

STS-128 Discovery Mission

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With seven astronauts and a host of experiments and equipment on board, space shuttle Discovery completed a flawless ascent into orbit Friday night to begin a two-day chase of the International Space Station. With Commander Rick "C.J. " Sturckow at the controls, the shuttle lifted off on-time at 11:59 p.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will rendezvous and dock with the station Sunday and the crew will begin transferring equipment to the outpost during the 13-day mission.

STS 128 Crew News Conference

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STS-128 Discovery Mission

Space shuttle Discovery will carry the Leonardo supply module to the International Space Station during STS-128, along with a new crew member for the station, Nicole Stott. Commanded by veteran astronaut Rick "C.J." Sturckow, the mission is targeted to liftoff Aug. 25 to deliver refrigerator-sized racks full of equipment, including the COLBERT treadmill, an exercise device named after comedian Stephen Colbert. Stott will take the place of Tim Kopra, who moved into the station during STS-127. Pilot Kevin Ford and Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez, John "Danny" Olivas and Sweden's Christer Fuglesang round out the crew.



Tony Ceccacci, STS-128 Lead Shuttle Flight Director and Heather Rarick, STS-128 Lead ISS Flight Director discuss the STS-128 mission, which is scheduled to launch later this month.



John Shannon, Space Shuttle Program Manager and Kirk Shireman, ISS Deputy Program Manager talk about the Space Shuttle program.


Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 20 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra, a native of Austin, Texas, discussed life and work on the orbital complex with students gathered at the Bob Bullock Texas State Museum in the state capital during an in-flight educational event on Aug. 12, 2009.

STS-128 TCDT Crew Arrival

STS-128 (ISS assembly flight 17A) is the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It is expected to use Space Shuttle Discovery, and is planned for launch No Earlier Than (NET) August 25, 2009. The primary payload will be the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. The mission is scheduled to include three spacewalks to remove and replace a materials processing experiment outside ESA's Columbus module, and to return an empty ammonia tank assembly.



STS-128: Discovery "rollover"