For the supposedly last scheduled space shuttle Discovery mission, STS-133, which is targeted for September 2010, NASA Friday revealed the names of the six crew members, all of them space veterans, who will be a part of the eight-day flight.

The list includes NASA’s two top astronauts – the four shuttle missions’ veteran, chief astronaut Steven Lindsey, who will command the flight; and the highly-experienced space station commander, Peggy Whitson, who will be the chief astronaut.

Other veterans joining Lindsey will be - Pilot Eric Boe, and mission specialists Benjamin "Al" Drew, Michael Barratt, Nicole Stott, and Timothy Kopra. While Barratt and Stott are presently in orbit aboard the International Space Station; Kopra has just returned after a fairly long space stay.

Noting that the 2010 Discovery mission would be “critical,” NASA spokesperson James Hartsfield told SPACE.com: “It's the final scheduled opportunity to take supplies to the station, so they're going to be taking a large number of supplies.”

Though the mission will likely not include any spacewalks, it will involve the permanent mounting of a modified logistics module - used for carrying equipment and supplies to and from the space station - on the Earth-facing dock of the central Unity module. 

As per the NASA plans, the accomplishment of the mission will mark the end of the Discovery shuttle era after 29 years of spaceflight!