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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-128 Mission Specialists Nicole Stott and Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang, of the European Space Agency, are welcomed to Kennedy Space Center by Center Director Bob Cabana, at left, a former astronaut himself. Stott will remain on the International Space Station as flight engineer for Expedition 20. Space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission crew members arrived in a NASA Shuttle Training Aircraft, a modified Gulfstream II jet behind them, at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:34 p.m. EDT. 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