The countdown for the launch of space shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission is under way again. The count resumed at 8:34 a.m. EDT at the T-11 hour point with no issues being reported that could affect ...

The six astronauts and cosmonauts who make up the full-size crew of the International Space Station are set to receive a load of hardware this week designed to make their orbiting outpost a working ...

MISSION: STS-128 International Space Station (ISS) assembly flight 17A, the 128th launch of the space shuttle program and the 30th to the ISS. ORBITER: Discovery (OV-103), making its 37th spaceflight.

WASHINGTON – NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-128. The flight will carry science and storage racks to the International Space Station. Marine Corps Col. Frederick W. “Rick” ...

This particular valve is located in the aft compartment of the main propulsion s system. Although a new launch time has been scheduled for Friday, August 28, the STS-128 mission team will meet on ...

At 4:39 p.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Danny Olivas and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang began the third & final spacewalk scheduled during the STS-128 mission. The spacewalk is expected to last 6.5 hours.

With the space shuttle Discovery packed full of a treadmill named COLBERT and a canister called Leonardo, the NASA STS-128 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to lift off very ...

Good Morning Discovery!!! What a beautiful launch!!! It is so good to see STS 128 in orbit!!!! Have a great day!!!! YOUR CURRENT ORBIT IS: 146 X 115 NM 1. HazMat Files – The MCC has remotely uplinked ...

Space Shuttle Discovery is seen on launch pad 39A shortly after the launch was postponed due to thunderstorms, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 25, 2009. NASA will attempt to launch ...

This NASA image taken by astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-128 shows European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-128 mission specialist, exercising on a bicycle ...