At left - space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. Photo taken by a spacewalking astronaut during the third and final spacewalk of STS-128.

The patch represents the hardware, people and partner nations that contributed to the flight. Discovery is shown in the orbit configuration with the MPLM Leonardo in the payload bay. Earth and the space station wrap around the Astronaut Office symbol reminding us of the continuous human presence in space. The names of the crew border in an unfurled manner. The banner also contains the U.S. and Swedish flags representing the countries of the STS-128 crew.