STS-128 Discovery is 30th to the ISS 8/28/09 ~ 11:59:37pm Homepage       Launch Photos The Space Shuttle Discovery, just 23 seconds before midnight August 28, launches on STS-128, the 128th flight of the program and the 30th mission to the International Space Station. Discovery takes to the space station a wealth of supplies, brought up inside the Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) named Leonardo, flying for the sixth time. Onboard and part of its seven-member crew is the 500th human to orbit the earth. Crew arrival       Lightning behind Pad 39A       Shuttle on pad Discovery & ISS over NY (Lightning shot: Time Magazine Pictures of the Week) Banana Creek streak shot (free of copyright and in high resolution here on the NASA website): NASA image of the day       Astronomy Picture of the Day       Yahoo! The Week in Photos (Sept. 4, 2009) <--- STS-127                                                      STS-129 --->