NASA's senior managers are meeting today at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a lengthy but standard overview of the upcoming launch of space shuttle Discovery. The meeting is known as the Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, and it will set an official launch date for the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. A briefing will be broadcast on NASA TV at the end of the FRR.
The seven astronauts are scheduled to fly to Kennedy tomorrow for final prelaunch preparations.
Discovery currently is targeted to liftoff Aug. 24 at 1:58 a.m. EDT.
Space Shuttle Mission: STS-128
Discovery Readies for Station Resupply Flight Space shuttle Discovery will carry the Leonardo supply module to the International Space Station during STS-128, along with a new crew member for the station, Nicole Stott. Commanded by veteran astronaut Rick "C.J." Sturckow, the STS-128 mission crew will deliver refrigerator-sized racks full of equipment, including the COLBERT treadmill, an exercise device named after comedian Stephen Colbert. Stott will take the place of Tim Kopra, who moved into the station during STS-127. Pilot Kevin Ford and Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez, John "Danny" Olivas and Sweden's Christer Fuglesang round out the crew.
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