KSC-2009-4296
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The payload canister is in place beneath the Rotating Service Structure's Payload Changeout Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Inside the canister is the payload for space shuttle Discovery and the STS-128 mission, the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo and the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier. Discovery's 13-day flight will deliver a new crew member and 33,000 pounds of equipment to the International Space Station. The equipment includes science and storage racks, a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill. Launch of Discovery on its STS-128 mission is targeted for August 25. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller.
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KSC-2009-4296
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July 30, 2009
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KSC
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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