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STS 134: Sep 16th 2010 189 days, 20 hours, 21 minutes left |
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Mission: STS-128 Orbiter: Discovery Primary Payload: 30th station flight (17A), Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier Launch Date: Aug 29 Launch Time: 04:59 a.m. BST Launch Pad: 39A Landing Window: 10 minutes Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles Landed:Sat, Sept. 12, 2009, 01:53 a.m. BST Landing Site:Edwards Air Force Base, California Mission Elapsed Time: 13 days, 20 hours, 53 minutes, 45 seconds Official Landing Times Main gear touchdown:01:53:25 a.m. BST Nose gear touchdown:01:53:34 a.m. BST Wheels stop:01:54:35 a.m. BST>br> Total miles:more than 5.7 million |
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 Commander Rick Sturckow will lead the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery with Kevin Ford serving as pilot. Also serving aboard Discovery are mission specialists Patrick Forrester, José Hernández, John "Danny" Olivas, Christer Fuglesang and Nicole Stott. Stott will remain on the station as an Expedition 20 flight engineer replacing Timothy Kopra. Kopra will return home aboard Discovery as a mission specialist. Discovery is carrying the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module containing life support racks and science racks. The Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier will also be launched in Discovery's payload bay. This is Discovery's 37th mission to space and the 30th mission of a space shuttle dedicated to the assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station. |
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