Getting Ready for STS-128

In Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-128 Pilot Kevin Ford checks out the cockpit windows of space shuttle Discovery.

The crew is at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware.

The STS-128 flight will carry science and storage racks to the International Space Station on Discovery. Launch is targeted for Aug. 7