ESA astronaut returns to Earth with Columbus lab experiment   Landing of Space Shuttle Discovery at the end of the STS-128 mission. Discovery touched down at Edwards Air Force Base at 02:53 CEST on 12 September 2009. The STS-128 crew included ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang.   ISS020-E-038507 (5 Sept. 2009) --- ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-128 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, one-minute spacewalk, Fuglesang and NASA astronaut John 'Danny' Olivas (out of frame), mission specialist, deployed the Payload Attachment System (PAS), replaced the Rate Gyro Assembly #2, installed two GPS antennae and did some work to prepare for the installation of Node 3 next year. During connection of one of two sets of avionics cables for Node 3, one of the connectors could not be mated. This cable and connector were wrapped in a protective sleeve and safed. All other cables were mated successfully. Europe’s technology exposure experiment returns     ESA astronauts Frank De Winne (left) and Christer Fuglesang inside the International Space Station's Quest Airlock. Fuglesang visited the Station for 9 days as STS-128 mission specialist for the Alissé mission. On arrival at the Station, Fuglesang met up with De Winne a member of the resident ISS Expedition 20 crew since starting his six-month OasISS mission in May 2009.   S128-E-009793 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crews concluded nearly nine days of cooperative work. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 21:26 CEST on 8 September 2009. Frank De Winne remains in space     S128-E-007702 (5 Sept. 2009) --- ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-128 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, one-minute spacewalk, Fuglesang and NASA astronaut John 'Danny' Olivas (out of frame), mission specialist, deployed the Payload Attachment System (PAS), replaced the Rate Gyro Assembly #2, installed two GPS antennae and did some work to prepare for the installation of Node 3 next year. During connection of one of two sets of avionics cables for Node 3, one of the connectors could not be mated. This cable and connector were wrapped in a protective sleeve and safed. All other cables were mated successfully.   S128-E-007445 (2 Sept. 2009) --- ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-128 mission specialist, is pictured floating freely in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), temporarily attached to the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Release date: 14 September 2009