 The mission was then slated to launch in October 2009 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, although this was later pushed back to November 2009 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.Bresnik and his five crew mates launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 16 November 2009 ahead of an approximately two day rendezvous with the ISS, following witch the crew joined the Expedition 21 crew, Commanded by Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De Winne.The main objective of STS-129 was to deliver and install the first two of four ExPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELCs) to the ISS.