STS-128 liftoff early Tuesday morning with COLBERT

William Atkins
Monday, 24 August 2009 19:50

Science - Space

The STS-128 crew includes commander Frederick “Rick” W. Sturckow, pilot Kevin A. Ford, and mission specialist Patrick G. Forrester, Jose M. Hernández, Christer Fuglesang (with the European Space Agency), John “Danny” Olivas, and Nicole Scott.

Mission specialist Stott will stay on the ISS for a three-month stay, replacing current station flight engineer Tim Kopra.

Kopra will return home on space shuttle Discovery at the end of its mission.

The STS-128 mission also includes three extravehicular activities (EVAs), or spacewalks, involving, Olivas, Fuglesang and Stott, to remove and replace a materials processing experiment outside the ESA’s Columbus module and to return an empty ammonia tank assembly back to Earth.

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