Space Shuttle Discovery Crew Set to Return to Earth Thursday

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Sept. 8, 2009

John Yembrick 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1100 
john.yembrick-1@xxxxxxxx 

Allard Beutel 
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321-867-2468 
allard.beutel@xxxxxxxx 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-172

SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY CREW SET TO RETURN TO EARTH THURSDAY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member 
crew are expected to return to Earth Thursday after a 13-day mission. 
Two landing opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida 
are available at 7:05 p.m. and 8:42 p.m. EDT. 

NASA will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before permitting 
Discovery and its crew to land. If bad weather prevents a return on 
Thursday, both Kennedy and the backup landing site at Edwards Air 
Force Base in California will be activated for consideration on 
Friday. For recorded updates about landing, call 321-867-2525. 

Approximately two hours after landing, NASA officials will hold a 
briefing to discuss the mission. The participants will be: 
- Mike Moses, space shuttle launch integration manager 
- Simonetta Di Pippo, European Space Agency's director of human 
spaceflight 
- Pete Nickolenko, STS-128 launch director 

After touchdown in Florida, the astronauts will undergo physical 
examinations and meet with their families. They are expected to make 
brief remarks at the runway. The news events will be broadcast live 
on NASA Television and the agency's Web site. 

The Kennedy news center will open for landing activities at 8 a.m. 
Thursday and close at 10 p.m. or one hour after the last media event. 


The STS-128 media badges are in effect through landing. The media 
accreditation building on State Road 3 will be open Thursday from 3 
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The last bus will depart from the news center for 
the Shuttle Landing Facility one hour before landing. 

If the landing is diverted to Edwards, news media should call the 
Dryden public affairs office at 661-276-3449. Dryden has limited 
facilities available for previously accredited journalists. 

The NASA News Twitter feed is updated throughout the shuttle mission 
and landing. To access the feed, visit: 



http://www.twitter.com/nasa 


For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming 
video, visit: 



http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 


For the latest information about the STS-128 mission and 
accomplishments, visit: 



http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle 

	
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