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    STS-128 crew portrait

    Alissé mission facts

    SHUTTLE CREW:

    • Shuttle Commander: Frederick Sturckow (NASA)
    • Shuttle Pilot: Kevin Ford (NASA)
    • Mission Specialist: Christer Fuglesang (ESA)
    • Mission Specialist: Jose Hernandez (NASA)
    • Mission Specialist: John Olivas (NASA)
    • Mission Specialist: Patrick Forrester (NASA)
    • ISS Flight Engineer (ascent): Nicole Stott (NASA)
    • ISS Flight Engineer (descent): Timothy Kopra (NASA)

    SPACECRAFT:

    Shuttle Orbiter: Discovery

    MISSION:

    ESA mission designation: Alissé
    Shuttle mission designation: STS-128
    ISS assembly flight designation: 17A

    Launch: From Launch Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA on 29 August 2009 at 05:59 CEST (03:59 UT) /28 August at 23:59 local time in Florida
    Launch window: 10 minutes
    Initial orbit altitude: 226 kilometres
    ISS altitude: ~350 kilometres
    Inclination: 51.6°
    Mission duration: 13 days, 20 hours, 53 minutes, 45 seconds

    Landing: Edwards Air Force Base, California, on 12 August at 02:53 CEST (00:53 UT), 11 August at 08:53 EDT.

    PAYLOAD

    Primary payload:
    Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)

    Secondary payload (ascent):
    Ammonia Tank Assembly

    Secondary payload (descent):
    European Technology Exposure Facility (EuTEF), MISSE 6A and 6B, Old Ammonia Tank Assembly.

    Principal payload racks (MPLM):
    Minus Eighty Degrees Laboratory Freezer for the ISS (MELFI-2), Material Science Laboratory in the Material Science Research Rack; Node 3 Atmospheric Revitalization System; Fluids Integrated Rack, COLBERT Treadmill, Crew Quarters

    Last update: 14 September 2009

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