Spaceflight Now | STS-128 Shuttle Report | Discovery makes overnight journey toward launch pad

The Mission

		Orbiter: Discovery Mission: STS-128 Payload: Leonardo Launch: Aug. 28, 2009 Time: 11:59 p.m. EDT Site: Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center Landing: Sept. 11 @ approx. 8:53 p.m. EDT Site: Edwards Air Force Base, California Mission Status Center STS-128 Video Coverage High Definition Video NASA TV (rev. R) Master Flight Plan Launch Windows Chart Countdown Timeline Ascent Timeline STS-128 Mission Index Our Shuttle Archive

The Crew

		Meet the astronauts flying aboard Discovery's STS-128 mission. Meet the Astronauts CDR: Rick Sturckow PLT: Kevin Ford MS 1: Pat Forrester MS 2: Jose Hernandez MS 3: Danny Olivas MS 4: Christer Fuglesang Up: Nicole Stott Down: Tim Kopra Current Demographics

Discovery begins journey toward pad 39A

Space shuttle Discovery began its 3.5-mile trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Kennedy Space Center's launch pad just after 2 a.m. EDT. This collection of photographs shows the spacecraft making the journey in the predawn darkness.

Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now

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