Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-128

Mission Details

STS-128 (ISS assembly flight 17A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 28 August 2009. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as its primary payload. Leonardo contained a collection of experiments for studying the physics and chemistry of microgravity. Three spacewalks were carried out during the mission, which removed and replaced a materials processing experiment outside ESA's Columbus module, and returned an empty ammonia tank assembly.

Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Programs

Space Shuttle, International Space Station

Launch Site

Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Country

🇺🇸 USA