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| STS-128 |
Mission insignia
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| Mission statistics |
| Mission name |
STS-128 |
| Space Shuttle |
Atlantis |
| Launch pad |
39A |
| Launch date |
Spring, 2009 (under review)[1][2] |
| Landing |
TBD |
| Mission duration |
14 Days |
| Number of orbits |
TBD |
| Orbital altitude |
122 nautical miles (225 km) |
| Orbital inclination |
51.6 degrees |
| Distance traveled |
TBD |
| Related missions |
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STS-128 is a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, planned for 2009. It is expected to use Space Shuttle Atlantis[2]. Its primary payload will be the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Donatello, which will deliver equipment to allow for enlarging the station crew from three to six astronauts.
TBD
Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to, and including this mission.
[edit] Crew notes
Stott is the second to last ISS crewmember who will be launched by a Space Shuttle. NASA plans for her and Expedition 20 member Jeffrey Williams to return aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.[3]
[edit] Mission parameters
[edit] Mission payload
The payload of STS-128 Atlantis is the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Donatello. It is also the first time Atlantis will carry an MPLM. Donatello's purpose is to establish a six-man crew capacity with more hardware than the other two, Leonardo and Raffaelo.
[edit] Mission background
[edit] Mission timeline
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