Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-128
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-128
STS-128 (ISS assembly flight 17A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 28 August 2009. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as its primary payload. Leonardo contained a collection of experiments for studying the physics and chemistry of microgravity. Three spacewalks were carried out during the mission, which removed and replaced a materials processing experiment outside ESA's Columbus module, and returned an empty ammonia tank assembly.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 2009-09-12T00:53:00+0000
Crew
Frederick W. Sturckow
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1961-08-11
Status Active
Type Private
Kevin A. Ford
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1960-07-07
Status Retired
Type Government
Christer Fuglesang
Mission Specialist
Nationality Swedish
Date Of Birth 1957-03-18
Status Retired
Type Government
John D. Olivas
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1966-05-25
Status Retired
Type Government
José Hernández
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1962-09-07
Status Retired
Type Government
Nicole Stott
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1962-11-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Patrick G. Forrester
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-03-31
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
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