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[b]Celebrate the Crew's Homecoming[/b] Come out Friday, September 11, to Ellington Field Hangar 990 for a "welcome home" event at 4:00 p.m. CDT to honor the STS-128 crew: Commander Rick Sturckow, Pilot Kevin Ford and Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester, José Hernández, John "Danny" Olivas and Christer Fuglesang. Timothy Kopra, Expedition 20 flight engineer, will return home aboard Discovery as a mission specialist. Gates to Ellington Field will open at 3:30 p.m. CDT. Along with Center Director Mike Coats, family, friends, colleagues and public guests are encouraged to wish the Discovery crew well as they return from a successful mission in space. Accomplishments of the mission include carrying the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, with about 15,200 pounds worth of cargo, to the International Space Station. Also newly arrived to station was the second Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer, the COLBERT treadmill, a new crew quarters compartment and air revitalization system. Note: The crew return ceremony will be held the day after landing in Hangar 990 at 4:00 p.m. If landing occurs Friday, Sept. 11, the ceremony will be Saturday, September 12. If delayed to Saturday, September 12, the ceremony will be Sunday, September 13. If postponed to Sunday, September 13, the ceremony will be Monday, September 14.
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