CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-128 crew members put on harnesses before checking out space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Pilot Kevin Ford, Commander Rick Sturckow, and Mission Specialists John "Danny" Olivas, Patrick Forester, Jose Hernandez, Nicole Stott and Christer Fugelsang. The crew is at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. The STS-128 flight will carry science and storage racks to the International Space Station on Discovery. Launch is targeted for Aug. 7. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date June 5, 2009