Spaceflight Now | STS-128 Shuttle Report | Discovery finally reaches 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 finally reaches launch pad

After 12 hours of slogging through muddy conditions, NASA's Apollo-era crawler transporter delivered Discovery to launch pad 39A around midday Tuesday. The shuttle arrived at the pad gate around 11 a.m. EDT and was lowered atop the pad's pedestals at 1:50 p.m. EDT.

Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

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