ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang during STS-128 preflight training

ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang (foreground) and NASA astronaut Nicole Stott (background) during STS-128 preflight training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, US. Fuglesang is assigned as mission specialist on flight STS-128 to the International Space Station. Stott is scheduled to join Expedition 20 as flight engineer after launching to the ISS with the STS-128 crew.