CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-128 crew members listen to a tile expert while checking out space shuttle Discovery. The astronauts are, from left, Mission Specialists Jose Fernandez, Patrick Forrester and Christer Fuglesang, Pilot Kevin Ford and Mission Specialist John "Danny" Olivas. 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