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Columbus external payloads SOLAR and EuTEF
ARCHIVE CONTENT: 01 SEP. 2009

Spacewalkers to retrieve science experiments outside Columbus

Two astronauts will tonight perform the first of three spacewalks scheduled for the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. Their tasks include the removal of the European Technology Exposure Facility (EuTEF) and a material science experiment from the outside of the European Columbus laboratory.
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Frank De Winne works on a facility in the Kibo laboratory
ARCHIVE CONTENT: 02 SEP. 2009

ESA astronaut answers your questions from space

How do you wash your clothes in space? How does food stay fresh if there is no fridge on the ISS? ESA’s Frank De Winne is answering these, and many more of your questions, right now, from space. Upload your question to Frank »»
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Landing of Space Shuttle Discovery at the end of the STS-128 mission
ARCHIVE CONTENT: 11 SEP. 2009

ESA astronaut returns to Earth with Columbus lab experiment

ESA PR 22-2009. Space Shuttle Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 02:53 CEST (on 12 September) completing all objectives of the 14-day STS-128 mission to the International Space Station.
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Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-128 mission shortly after undocking from the ISS
ARCHIVE CONTENT: 11 SEP. 2009

Watch the landing of Space Shuttle Discovery live

Having completed their mission at the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Discovery and the STS-128 crew, including ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, are heading home. Discovery is set to land at Edwards Air Force Base on 12 September at 02:53 CEST.
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[ Alissé Mission ]
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06 AUG. 2009

About the mission logo

The logo for the Alissé mission features the wing of a bird enclosing images of the ISS and Shuttle, either side of two sets of horizontal lines.
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