
Members of the STS-128 mission crew line up behind Space Shuttle Discovery and the Mate DeMate Device at NASA’s Dryden…

Five spots – one colored white, one blue, and three black – are scattered across the upper half of the…

Mission specialist Jose Hernandez waves as Space Shuttle Discovery’s crew board a Gulfstream II Shuttle Training Aircraft for the trip…

Members of the STS-128 mission crew line up behind Space Shuttle Discovery in front of the Mate DeMate Device at…

This unusual overhead view shows Space Shuttle Discovery enclosed by the Mate-Demate Device gantry and work platforms at NASA’s Dryden…

The Space Shuttle Discovery is parked within the Mate-Demate Device gantry at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center prior to beginning…