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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
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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

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Discovery begins journey toward pad 39A

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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















Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now

 

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