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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-128 crew members listen to a tile specialist while checking out space shuttle Discovery. The astronauts are, from left, Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester and Jose Hernandez, Commander Rick Sturckow, and Mission Specialist Christer Fuglesang, Nicole Stott and John "Danny" Olivas. The crew is at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. The STS-128 flight will carry science and storage racks to the International Space Station on Discovery. Launch is targeted for Aug. 7. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann