Simonetta Di Pippo during the prelaunch news conference

ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight Simonetta Di Pippo addresses members of the media at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, during a prelaunch press conference for the STS-128 mission. STS-128 will carry a crew of seven, including ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, on a 13-day mission to the International Space Station.