The FIR enabled detailed study of how liquids behave in microgravity, a crucial detail for many chemical reactions. It also contained three racks dedicated to science, FIR (Fluids Integrated Rack) and the first Materials Science Research Rack (MSRR-1) to be placed in Destiny and MELFI-2 (Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS) to be placed in Kibo. The TriDAR successfully tracked the ISS position and orientation from the shuttle during docking operations. The shuttle flew the first test flight of the TriDAR, a 3D dual-sensing laser camera, intended for potential use as an autonomous rendezvous and docking sensor. The new ammonia tank will replace an empty tank during an EVA. The shuttle carried a Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC) with Ammonia Tank Assembly (ATA). Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Leonardo Hernández of Stockton, California, made his first. John "Danny" Olivas of El Paso, Texas, made his second trip into space, and José M. STS-128 also marked the first time two Hispanic Americans were on the same crew. The name refers to the 15th-century explorers who used the trade winds to follow Christopher Columbus across the oceans to the New World. The name was proposed by Jürgen Modlich from Baierbrunn, Germany. The mission of Christer Fuglesang was named Alissé by the European Space Agency. Stott returned on STS-129, but that flight did not bring her replacement. STS-128 was the final Space Shuttle flight used for ISS crew rotation, with Nicole Stott replacing Tim Kopra. Nicole Stott was originally scheduled to return aboard Soyuz TMA-15, but a change in the flight plan was made due to the possible flight delays in future shuttle missions, which could have extended Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk's mission beyond the six-month duration preferred for station crew members. Discovery landed on September 11, 2009, at Edwards Air Force Base, which was the last landing of a shuttle to occur at the California site. The launch finally took place on August 28, 2009, at 23:59 EDT. The second launch attempt, scheduled for August 26, 2009, at 01:10:22 EDT, was called off the previous evening due to an anomaly in one of the orbiter's fuel valves. ![]() The mission's first launch attempt was delayed due to weather concerns, including multiple weather violations in NASA's launch rules, beginning over two hours before the scheduled launch. 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. Leonardo contained a collection of experiments for studying the physics and chemistry of microgravity. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as its primary payload. STS-128 ( ISS assembly flight 17A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on August 28, 2009.
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