NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle Discovery’s STS-129 mission. The flight will deliver two experiment racks to the International Space Station.

Two STS-129 astronauts are tweeting about their pre-launch preparation and are expected to provide updates to their Twitter accounts during the shuttle mission.

"His lasting legacy of fortitude will continue to impact and inspire the Johnson workforce, future explorers, and the nation ...

Wilmore has been on two spaceflights, including one aboard space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-129), and has spent 178 days in space. Williams was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998.

He was selected as an astronaut for NASA in 2000, with the administration writing he logged more than 259 hours (11 days) in space during his first flight as pilot on STS-129.

NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who launched aboard the troubled Starliner capsule to the International Space Station months ago, have a new homecoming date – if there are no ...