S128-E-008370 (7 Sept. 2009) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 20 commander; European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang (left), STS-128 mission specialist; and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20 flight engineer, are pictured on the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.