CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The astronauts for space shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission arrive at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:34 p.m. EDT in a NASA Shuttle Training Aircraft. Here, Commander Rick Sturckow disembarks from the modified Gulfstream II jet. Sturckow is making his fourth spaceflight. The crew has returned to Kennedy to prepare for launch on Aug. 25 at 1:36 a.m. EDT. The 13-day mission will deliver a new crew member and 33,000 pounds of equipment to the International Space Station. The equipment includes science and storage racks, a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date August 19, 2009