The countdown for the launch of space shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission is under way again. The count resumed at 8:34 a.m. EDT at the T-11 hour point with no issues being reported that could affect ...

WASHINGTON – NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-128. The flight will carry science and storage racks to the International Space Station. Marine Corps Col. Frederick W. “Rick” ...

Good Morning Discovery!!! What a beautiful launch!!! It is so good to see STS 128 in orbit!!!! Have a great day!!!! YOUR CURRENT ORBIT IS: 146 X 115 NM 1. HazMat Files – The MCC has remotely uplinked ...

MISSION: STS-128 International Space Station (ISS) assembly flight 17A, the 128th launch of the space shuttle program and the 30th to the ISS. ORBITER: Discovery (OV-103), making its 37th spaceflight.

At 4:39 p.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Danny Olivas and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang began the third & final spacewalk scheduled during the STS-128 mission. The spacewalk is expected to last 6.5 hours.

The six astronauts and cosmonauts who make up the full-size crew of the International Space Station are set to receive a load of hardware this week designed to make their orbiting outpost a working ...

Two embroidered patches designed for space shuttleDiscovery's mission to the International Space Station beginning this week havegone from being simple souvenirs sold at NASA-themed gift shops to ...

Ok, so the launch was scrubbed again because of a valve thingy. Actually, that was one of the issues during Tuesday morning's launch but they checked it off as ok, being attributed to the sudden ...

STS-128 delayed again: Valve problemThe Wednesday, August 26, 2009 launch of the space shuttle Discovery was scrubbed again, but this time because of a suspect valve in the main propulsion system. The ...