Successful Countdown Practice Highlights Week Space Shuttle Mission: STS-128

The astronauts of space shuttle Discovery, along with the launch and mission control teams in Florida and Houston, recorded a successful countdown dress rehearsal as preparations move ahead for the STS-128 mission. The practice capped a busy week at Kennedy and came just seven days after space shuttle Endeavour landed to end STS-127. Discovery rolled to the launch pad Tuesday and its crew flew in