Mission Specialist Robert L. Satcher Jr. addresses the media and others on hand to welcome his crew to Florida.

At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-129 Mission Specialist Robert L. Satcher Jr. addresses the media and others on hand to welcome his crew to Florida.

The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-129 mission arrived at Kennedy aboard a NASA Shuttle Training Aircraft, a modified Gulfstream II jet, to make final preparations for their launch. On STS-129, the crew will deliver to the International Space Station two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm. Launch is set for Nov. 16. For information on the STS-129 mission objectives and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett