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Deuxième mission à destination de l'ISS pour l'astronaute suédois de l'ESA ![]() CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-128 Mission Specialist Christer Fuglesang dons his launch and entry suit for a fit check before the simulated launch countdown at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A. The countdown is the culmination of terminal countdown demonstration test activities to prepare the STS-128 crew for launch on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission. ![]() CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The STS-128 crewmembers gather on the top level of NASA Kennedy Space Center's fixed service structure at Launch Pad 39A. From left are Commander Rick Sturckow, Mission Specialists Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang, Pilot Kevin Ford and Mission Specialists Nicole Stott, Patrick Forrester and Jose Hernandez. Mission crewmembers are at KSC to take part in the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, which includes emergency exit training and culminates in the simulated countdown. Retransmission en direct du lancement (prévu pour le 25 août) ![]() S127-E-011212 (28 July 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-127 and Expedition 20 crews concluded 11 days of cooperative work on the Shuttle and Station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 12:26 p.m. (CDT) on 28 July 2009. Release date: 19 août 2009 |