Commanded by veteran astronaut Rick Sturckow, the 13-day STS-128 mission will deliver the Leonardo supply module to the International Space Station, along with a new crew member for the station.
Commanded by veteran astronaut Rick Sturckow, the 13-day STS-128 mission will deliver the Leonardo supply module to the International Space Station, along with a new crew member for the station.
Commander Gennady Padalka leads a six-member crew of astronauts from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia, and the United States.
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Models join flags and medallions as commemorations of Discovery's flight to the International Space Station.
On Earth, we all know that exercise is good for us. But do we know exactly how good?
"It’s one of the best parts of our job I think, getting out and thanking the people who build all this hardware and even the design folks, all the maintainers it takes to keep the support equipment going, just the whole big picture."
"It’s time that we start exploring other worlds. And future generations are going to thank us for it."
"During the flight I’m really looking forward to the ascent, that acceleration for eight and a half minutes."
"To go up there to the space station is pretty phenomenal to start with and to open the hatch and see folks from your office that you’ve trained with and that you work with that have been living in space for a long period of time is pretty unique."
"I think the space station’s really a prime example of how people from all the world can work together"
"We’re out there, we’re exploring space, we’re setting the path for the future and humanity will continue to explore space from here and this is the first step."
08.27.09 - NASA managers postponed Friday's 12:22 a.m. EDT launch of space shuttle Discovery to allow engineers more time to develop plans for resolving an issue with a valve in the shuttle's main propulsion system.
08.26.09 - NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems Inc. in Houston a one-year contract extension valued at $33 million to provide integration services for cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station.
08.25.09 - NASA has targeted the next launch attempt for space shuttle Discovery for no earlier than 12:22 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 28, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
07.24.09 - NASA has named Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., as the director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
08.13.09 - Images shown by NASA TV during the Aug. 13 STS-128 Spacewalk Overview Briefing are available for download by the media and general public.
08.13.09 - Images shown by NASA TV during the Aug. 13 STS-128 Mission Overview Briefing are available for download by the media and general public.
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