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STS 129: Nov 12 TBC

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STS 128 Mission / Videos
STS 128 Lands at Edwards! Discovery Lands at Edwards AFB. View Video STS 128 Flyaround! Discovery performs flyaround of ISS. View Video STS 128 1st Spacewalk! Discovery crew's 1st Spacewalk. View Video Discovery In Orbit! Discovery and crew are now in orbit as their mission begins. View Video Lift Off! Discovery Lifts off from Florida.. View Video Launch is Delayed! Discovery's Launch attempt failed due to bad weather.. View Video Discovery Rolls Out! Discovery rolls out along the crawlerway.. View Video 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

STS 128 Mission / Videos

STS 128 Lands at Edwards!
Discovery Lands at Edwards AFB.
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STS 128 Flyaround!
Discovery performs flyaround of ISS.
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STS 128 1st Spacewalk!
Discovery crew's 1st Spacewalk.
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Discovery In Orbit!
Discovery and crew are now in orbit as their mission begins.
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Lift Off!
Discovery Lifts off from Florida..
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Launch is Delayed!
Discovery's Launch attempt failed due to bad weather..
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Discovery Rolls Out!
Discovery rolls out along the crawlerway..
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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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STS 126 Mission

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Image above: These seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-126 crew portrait. Astronaut Christopher J. Ferguson, commander, is at center; and astronaut Eric A. Boe, pilot, is third from the right. Remaining crew members, pictured from left to right, are astronauts Sandra H. Magnus, Stephen G. Bowen, Donald R. Pettit, Robert S. (Shane) Kimbrough and Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, all mission specialists. Image credit: NASA

Veteran space flier Navy Capt. Christopher J. Ferguson will command the STS-126 mission aboard Endeavour to deliver equipment to the International Space Station that will enable larger crews to reside aboard the complex. Air Force Lt. Col. Eric A. Boe will serve as the pilot. The mission specialists are Navy Capt. Stephen G. Bowen, Army Lt. Col. Robert S. Kimbrough, Navy Capt. Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper and NASA astronauts Donald R. Pettit and Sandra H. Magnus.

Magnus will remain on the station, replacing Expedition 17/18 Flight Engineer Gregory E. Chamitoff, who returns to Earth with the STS-126 crew. Magnus will serve as a flight engineer and NASA science officer for Expedition 18. Magnus will return to Earth on shuttle mission STS-119.

Endeavour will carry a reusable logistics module that will hold supplies and equipment, including additional crew quarters, a second treadmill, equipment for the regenerative life support system and spare hardware.

STS-126 is the 27th shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

The Crew

Christopher J. Ferguson

Commander

Eric A. Boe

Pilot

Stephen G. Bowen

Mission Specialist

Robert S. (Shane) Kimbrough

Mission Specialist

Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper

Mission Specialist

Donald R. Pettit

Mission Specialist

Sandra H. Magnus

Mission Specialist/ISS Flight Engineer

Gregory Chamitoff

Mission Specialist/ISS Flight Engineer

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