International Space Station Crew

Images of astronauts in flight suits aboard the International Space Station, showcasing teamwork and camaraderie in a high-tech environment.

ISS036-E-006695 (8 June 2013) --- Inside the Kibo laboratory of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the six Expedition 36 crew members position themselves for a videotaped tribute to cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who on June 16 will mark the 50th anniversary of her 1963 launch aboard the Soviet Vostok-6 spacecraft. In the bottom half of the photo, left to right, are Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos. In the top half of the photo are, left to right, Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos.

ISS031-E-134788 (19 June 2012) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (center), Expedition 31 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (left) and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, both flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS024-E-006213 (17 June 2010) --- Expedition 24 crew members pose for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center); along with NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, all flight engineers. Pictured on the back row are Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov (center), commander; along with NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, both flight engineers. The event happened shortly after Wheelock, Walker and Yurchikhin arrived in the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft.

ISS016-E-036367 (17 April 2008) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 16 to Expedition 17 in the Harmony node. From the right (front row) are NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer. From the right (back row) are Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 17 flight engineer; Sergei Volkov, Expedition 17 commander; and NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, flight engineer.

ISS040-E-112437 (23 Aug. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov (center) and Oleg Artemyev, both flight engineers, pose for a portrait in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-009571 (21 Dec. 2012) --- Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford (right) of NASA welcomes astronauts Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn aboard the International Space Station on docking day -- Dec. 21, 2012. Hadfield, representing the Canadian Space Agency, and NASA's Marshburn launched in the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft on Dec. 19 to join the three-man crew already onboard the orbital outpost.

ISS036-E-006695 (8 June 2013) --- Inside the Kibo laboratory of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the six Expedition 36 crew members position themselves for a videotaped tribute to cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who on June 16 will mark the 50th anniversary of her 1963 launch aboard the Soviet Vostok-6 spacecraft. In the bottom half of the photo, left to right, are Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos. In the top half of the photo are, left to right, Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos.

ISS034-E-061657 (5 March 2013) --- With their scheduled stay onboard the International Space Station headed toward its final days, three members of the Expedition 34 crew pose for somephotographs in their Sokol suits in the U.S. lab or Destiny. From left are NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, commander; with Roscosmos Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin.Two days earlier, the trio joined crew members from Russia, the U.S. and Canada in welcoming the arrival of fresh food and supplies aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, right, pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft during the final fit check of the spacecraft on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19.

ISS015-E-34617 (16 Oct. 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are cosmonauts Oleg V. Kotov and Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 flight engineer and commander, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. From the left (back row) are cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15/16 flight engineer.

ISS025-E-017118 (22 Nov. 2010)--- From left, NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 25 flight engineer; NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Expedition 25 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer, are all suited up in their Sokol (Russian word for 'Falcon') pressure suits in the Russian MRM-1 module aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. They ingressed the docked Soyuz capsule to conduct pressurization and leak checks on their suits.

STS073-303-015 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- The crew members picked the site of their busy workdays as the setting for the traditional in-flight crew portrait, as personnel from both work shifts assembled in the science module supporting the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, mission specialist, has his arms folded at front center. The others pictured, counter-clockwise from that point, are Kathryn C. Thornton, payload commander; Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist; Albert Sacco, payload specialist; Kent V. Rominger, pilot; Fred W. Leslie, payload specialist; and Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander.

ISS015-E-34609 (16 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronauts Peggy A. Whitson (center), Expedition 16 commander; Clay Anderson (right), flight engineer; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS012-E-19194 (5 March 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur (left), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, pose with a U.S. Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit (left) and Russian Orlan spacesuit in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS037-E-002747 (25 Sept. 2013) --- The new six-member Expedition 37 crew gathers in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station for a welcoming ceremony shortly after the TMA-10M spacecraft docked with the station, bringing NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins (left, front row), Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov (center, front row) and Sergey Ryazanskiy (right, front row), all flight engineers. Pictured from the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, flight engineer; Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, flight engineer.

ISS014-E-19535 (17 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the Destiny laboratory. From the left are cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer. Tyurin, Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.

ISS008-E-22249 (23 April 2004) --- Cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka (left), Expedition 9 commander; astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS). Padalka represents Russias Federal Space Agency.

STS051-S-002 (June 1993) --- These five NASA astronauts have been assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery for the STS-51 mission, scheduled for July, 1993. Left to right are astronauts Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., mission commander; Daniel W. Bursch and Carl E. Walz, mission specialists; William F. Readdy, pilot; and James H. Newman, mission specialist.

ISS031-E-134787 (19 June 2012) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (center), Expedition 31 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (left) and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, both flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS031-E-120387 (14 June 2012) --- Expedition 31 crew members pose for an in-flight crew photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (center), commander; along with NASA astronaut Don Pettit (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, both flight engineers. Pictured from the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Joe Acaba; along with Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin, all flight engineers.

ISS036-E-006693 (8 June 2013) --- Inside the Kibo laboratory of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the six Expedition 36 crew members position themselves for a videotaped tribute to cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who on June 16 will mark the 50th anniversary of her 1963 launch aboard the Soviet Vostok-6 spacecraft. In the bottom half of the photo, left to right, are Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos. In the top half of the photo are, left to right, Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos.

S88-E-5169 (12-14-98) --- A pre-setelectronic still camera (ESC) was used to take one of the traditional in-flight crew portraits for the STS-88 members on Endeavour's mid deck. From the leftare Jerry L. Ross, James H. Newman, Robert D. Cabana, Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, Nancy J. Currie and Sergei K. Krikalev. Krikalev, representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), has been assigned as one of the crew members for the first ISS crew. A banner representing the participating countries for ISS and a model of the connected Unity-Zarya modules are in the background. The photo was taken at 23:41:40, Dec. 14.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the members of the STS-133 crew take time out from the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) training to pose for a group portrait in the pad's White Room. From left are Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Nicole Stott; Pilot Eric Boe; Mission Specialists Tim Kopra, Michael Barratt and Commander Steve Lindsey.TCDT provides each shuttle crew and launch team an opportunity to participate in various simulated activities, including equipment familiarization and a launch countdown. Space shuttle Discovery and its STS-133 crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 1 at 4:40 p.m.

ISS027-E-035707 (21 May 2011) --- Inside the Kibo lab onboard the International Space Station, the six astronauts and cosmonauts making up the Expedition 27 crew pose for a traditional group shot. From left to right (front row) are NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli; and (back row) NASA astronaut Ron Garan, along with cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko.

ISS020-E-044000 (1 Oct. 2009) --- Expedition 20 crew members pose for an in-flight crew photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. Pictured clockwise are Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (bottom center), commander; Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, all flight engineers.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-127 crew members gather near space shuttle Endeavour's hatch to place the mission plaque before launch. Clockwise from left are Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Julie Payette, Christopher Cassidy, Dave Wolf, Tom Marshburn and Tim Kopra and Commander Mark Polansky. Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency. The crew is at Kennedy for a launch dress rehearsal called the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, which includes emergency exit training and equipment familiarization. Endeavour's STS-127 mission is the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex on the International Space Station. Endeavour's launch is targeted for June 13.

ISS038-E-054961 (22 Feb. 2014) --- Expedition 38 crew members pose for an in-flight crew portrait in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), commander; NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, both flight engineers. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, all flight engineers.

ISS021-E-016230 (28 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (right), Expedition 21 commander; along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (bottom right), NASA astronauts Jeffrey Williams and Nicole Stott, all flight engineers, are pictured during an educational event set up by the Canadian Space Agency for the Minister of Education at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with approximately 100 students, teachers, parents and province schools participating virtually throughout Nova Scotia.

STS095-S-002 (June 1998) --- Five astronauts based at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) and two payload specialists take a break from their training regimen to pose for the preflight portrait. Seated are astronauts Curtis L. Brown Jr. (right), commander; and Steven W. Lindsey, pilot. Standing, from the left, are Scott E. Parazynski and Stephen K. Robinson, both mission specialists; Chiaki Mukai, payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); Pedro Duque, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA); and United States Senator John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist. The seven are scheduled to be launched into Earth orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in late October.

ISS037-E-011210 (14 Oct. 2013) --- Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin (bottom), Expedition 37 commander; Oleg Kotov (center) and Sergey Ryazanskiy, both flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS037-E-024927 (31 Oct. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (left), Expedition 37 commander, and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, flight engineer, prepare to relocate their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft from the International Space Stations Rassvet module to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module. Along with NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, they are scheduled to undock their spacecraft at 4:34 a.m. (EDT) on Nov. 1 for the planned 24-minute maneuver.

S123-E-006469 (16 March 2008) --- Astronauts Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; Rick Linnehan (top left), Robert L. Behnken and Mike Foreman (bottom), all STS-123 mission specialists, pose for a photo in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) draws to a close.

ISS016-E-029873 (16 Feb. 2008) --- STS-122 and Expedition 16 crewmembers pose for a group photo following a joint news conference in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis is docked with the station. From the left (bottom) are NASA astronaut Steve Frick, STS-122 commander; and Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander. From the left (middle row) are NASA astronaut Daniel Tani, STS-122 mission specialist; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Leopold Eyharts, Expedition 16 flight engineer; and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency. From the left (top row) are NASA astronaut Stanley Love, ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel, NASA astronauts Leland Melvin, Rex Walheim, all STS-122 mission specialists; and Alan Poindexter, STS-122 pilot. Tani, who joined the station's Expedition 16 crew in October, is being replaced by Eyharts, who arrived at the station with the STS-122 crew.

The four commercial crew astronauts representing the SpaceX Crew-3 mission are pictured in their Dragon spacesuits for a fit check aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module. From left, are ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron.

S130-E-010420 (18 Feb. 2010) --- The STS-130 crew members pose for an in-flight crew portrait in the newly-installed Cupola of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Pictured clockwise (from the top) are NASA astronauts George Zamka, commander; Terry Virts, pilot; Kathryn Hire, Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken and Stephen Robinson, all mission specialists.

The crew assigned to the STS-64 mission included Richard N. Richards, commander (center front); L. Blaine Hammond Jr., pilot (front left); and Susan J. Helms, mission specialist (front right). On the back row, from left to right, are Mark C. Lee, Jerry M. Linenger, and Carl J. Meade, all mission specialists. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on September 9, 1994 at 6 22 55 pm (EDT), the STS-64 mission marked the first flight of the Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) and the first untethered Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in ten years.

ISS032-E-019579 (19 Aug. 2012) --- Four of the six Expedition 32 crew members pose for a photo with a small ball-shaped science satellite in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured are Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 32 commander; along with Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin (left), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide (back row) and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, all flight engineers. The satellite will be deployed during the spacewalk scheduled for Aug. 20.

ISS006-E-45809 (14 April 2003) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol suits, the Expedition Six crewmembers are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS) as they rehearse for their return flight home onboard the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft scheduled for May 3, 2003. From the left are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer; astronauts Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer, and Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

jsc2018e095173 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and Anne McClain of NASA (right) pose for pictures Nov. 14 at the conclusion of qualification exams. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

61C-14-008 (12-18 Jan. 1986) --- The seven crew members for STS-61C mission use the space shuttle Columbia's middeck for the traditional in-flight group portrait. Astronaut Robert L. Gibson (lower right corner), commander, is surrounded by fellow crew members, counter-clockwise from upper right astronaut Charles F. Bolden, pilot; U.S. Representative Bill Nelson (D., Florida), payload specialist; Robert J. Cenker, RCA payload specialist; and astronauts Steven A. Hawley, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz and George D. Nelson, all mission specialists.

S130-E-010423 (18 Feb. 2010) --- The STS-130 crew members pose for an in-flight crew portrait in the newly-installed Cupola of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Pictured clockwise (from the top) are NASA astronauts George Zamka, commander; Terry Virts, pilot; Kathryn Hire, Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken and Stephen Robinson, all mission specialists.

S119-E-007747 (24 March 2009) --- STS-119 and Expedition 18 crewmembers pose for a group photo following a joint news conference in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. From the left (bottom row) are NASA astronauts Tony Antonelli, STS-119 pilot; Lee Archambault, STS-119 commander; and Joseph Acaba, STS-119 mission specialist. From the left (middle row) are NASA astronauts Sandra Magnus, STS-119 mission specialist; and Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander; along with cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut (JAXA) Koichi Wakata, both Expedition 18 flight engineers. From the left (top row) are NASA astronauts Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and John Phillips, all STS-119 mission specialists. Magnus, who joined the stations Expedition 18 crew in November 2008, is being replaced by Wakata, who arrived at the station with the STS-119 crew.

STS099-S-002 (June 1999) --- An international crew assigned to STS-99 takes a break from training to pose for the traditional crew portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). In front are international astronauts Mamoru Mohri and Gerhard P.J. Thiele, both mission specialists. In back are astronauts Janice Voss, mission specialist; Kevin R. Kregel, mission commander; Dominic L. Gorie, pilot; and Janet L. Kavandi, mission specialist. Mohri represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) and Thiele represents the European Space Agency (ESA). The mission is scheduled as an eleven-day flight for late summer/early autumn of this year.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-135 crew pose for a group portrait in front of space shuttle Atlantis' hatch in the pad's White Room. From left are Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialist Rex Walheim and Commander Chris Ferguson. An access arm supports the White Room that is in place against the shuttle which provides entry to the crew compartment.The astronauts are at Kennedy to participate in a launch countdown dress rehearsal called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) and related training. Atlantis and its crew are targeted to lift off July 8, taking with them the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station. The STS-135 mission also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites and return a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure m

S122-E-009725 (17 Feb. 2008) --- STS-122 and Expedition 16 crewmembers share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left (bottom) are NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, STS-122 mission specialist; Steve Frick, STS-122 commander; Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, STS-122 mission specialist. Pictured from the left (top) are NASA astronauts Daniel Tani and Stanley Love, both STS-122 mission specialists.

ISS037-E-011124 (14 Oct. 2013) --- Expedition 37 crew members pose for an in-flight crew portrait in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured (clockwise from lower left) are Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, commander; Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryazanskiy, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, all flight engineers.

iss054-s-002 (May 8, 2017) --- The six-member Expedition 54 crew poses for an official crew portrait at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From left are Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston, Texas -- STS088(S)002 -- Five NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut assigned to the STS-88 mission, scheduled for an early December launch, take time out from their busy training agenda for a crew portrait. Seated in front are Sergei K. Krikalev, a mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), and astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist. In the rear, from the left, are astronauts Jerry L. Ross, mission specialist; Robert D. Cabana, mission commander; Frederick W. Sturckow, pilot; and James H. Newman, mission specialist.

iss055e054626 (May 5, 2018) --- The four astronauts who comprise the six-member Expedition 55 crew pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station. They are (clockwise from bottom right) NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold, Scott Tingle and Drew Feustel and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Norishige Kanai.

jsc2020e016215 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner (right) of Roscosmos pose for pictures March 11 during crew qualification exams in advance of their scheduled launch April 9 in the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

ISS023-E-031751 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Kotov, Noguchi and Creamer were about to conduct a standard suit leak check in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.

ISS018-E-041334 (20 March 2009) --- Expedition 18 crewmembers pose for a group photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) remains docked with the station. From the left (front row) are cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers. From the left (back row) are NASA astronauts Sandra Magnus, STS-119 mission specialist, and Michael Fincke, commander. Magnus flew to the station on STS-126 to serve as a flight engineer for Expedition 18, and will return to Earth as mission specialist with the STS-119 crew.

ISS043e089477 (04/06/2015) --- NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Commander of Expedition 43 on the International Space Station, is seen here recording a special message for a science conference along with his crewmates cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly (bottom left), Russian cosmonauts, Anton Shkaplerov, and Gennady Padalka (ROSCOSMOS).

iss052e031832 (8/5/2017) --- Expedition 52 crew pose for their on-orbit crew portrait gathered around the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) internal airlock aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Flags from all the International Partners are visible around the airlock hatch. From left to right: Astronaut Randy Bresnik, Cosmonaut Sergey Ryzanskiy, Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Astronaut Jack Fischer and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli.

STS113-E-05247 (29 November 2002) --- The Expedition Five crewmembers pose for a crew photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, mission commander; astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, flight engineer. Korzun and Treschev represent Rosaviakosmos.

14-11-3:At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 backup crewmembers Terry Virts of NASA (left), Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. The trio are backups to the prime crew --- Reid Wiseman of NASA, Max Suraev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of NASA, who will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-115 crew members are examining the orbiter Atlantis, the designated launch vehicle for their mission. From left are Mission Specialists Daniel Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Joseph Tanner. The crew is at the center for Crew Equipment Interface Test activities, which involves equipment familiarization, a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations. The mission will deliver the second port truss segment, the P3/P4 Truss, to attach to the first port truss segment, the P1 Truss, as well as deploy solar array set 2A and 4A. Launch on Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for late August.

S130-E-010533 (18 Feb. 2010) --- STS-130 crew members pose for a portrait in the Cupola following a joint crew news conference with the Expedition 22 crew members while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the International Space Station. Pictured clockwise (from the top) are NASA astronauts George Zamka, commander; Terry Virts, pilot; Kathryn Hire, Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken and Stephen Robinson, all mission specialists.

S125-E-012764 (20 May 2009) --- The crewmembers for the STS-125 mission pose for a photo on the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis. Pictured on the front row are astronauts Scott Altman (left), commander; Gregory C. Johnson, pilot; and Megan McArthur, mission specialist. Pictured on the back row (left to right) are astronauts Michael Good, Mike Massimino, John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel, all mission specialists.

Expedition 26/27 official crew portrait. Photo Date: July 21, 2010. Location: Building 8, Room 272 - Photo Studio.

ISS032-E-018127 (13 Aug. 2012) --- Expedition 32 crew members pose for a photo in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured on the bottom row are Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), commander; along with cosmonaut Sergei Revin (left) and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, both flight engineers. Pictured on the top row (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, all flight engineers.

Expedition 43 Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), top, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, center, and Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos wave farewell as they board the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft ahead of their launch to the International Space Station, Friday, March 27, 2015 in Baikonor, Kazakhstan. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

Posed inside the Destiny Laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are the STS-110 and Expedition Four crews for a traditional onboard portrait From the left, bottom row, are astronauts Ellen Ochoa, STS mission specialist, Michael J. Bloomfield, STS mission commander, and Yury I Onufrienko, Expedition Four mission commander. From the left, middle row, are astronauts Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, Rex J. Walheim, STS mission specialist, and Carl E. Walz, Expedition Four flight engineer. From the left, top row, are astronauts Stephen N. Frick, STS pilot; Jerry L. Ross, Lee M.E. Morin, and Steven L. Smith, all mission specialists. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis on April 8, 2002, the STS-110 mission crew prepared the ISS for future space walks by installing and outfitting the 43-foot-long Starboard side S0 truss and preparing the Mobile Transporter. The mission served as the 8th ISS assembly flight.

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, seated left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, seated right, pose for a photograph with Expedition 57 backup crewmember Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, standing left, and backup crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, after the two donned their Sokol suits for their launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition.

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 50-51 crewmembers Peggy Whitson of NASA (left), Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Nov. 2 during a fit check dress rehearsal of their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft. They will launch Nov. 18, Baikonur time, for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 backup crewmembers Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Max Suraev (center) and Reid Wiseman of NASA (right) pose for pictures October 28 following a dress rehearsal fit check. The trio are understudies to the prime crew, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and Rick Mastracchio of NASA, who will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

ISS043E174185 (05/06/2015) --- NASA astronaut Terry Virts (left) Commander of Expedition 43 on the International Space Station along with crewmates Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on May 6, 2015 perform a checkout of their Russian Soyuz spacesuits in preparation for the journey back to Earth.

ISS023-E-023513 (14 April 2010) --- STS-131 and Expedition 23 crew members gather for a group portrait in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. STS-131 crew members pictured (light blue shirts) are NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter, commander; James P. Dutton Jr., pilot; Clayton Anderson, Rick Mastracchio, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, all mission specialists. Expedition 23 crew members pictured are Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, commander; Mikhail Kornienko and Alexander Skvortsov; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, and NASA astronauts T.J. Creamer and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, all flight engineers.

iss059e042227 (April 30, 2019) --- Four Expedition 59 astronauts pose for a playful portrait inside the Harmony module. Clockwise from left are astronaut David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency; and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Anne McClain and Nick Hague.

ISS039-E-017644 (3 May 2014) --- All six Expedition 39 crew members gather in the Kibo laboratory aboard the International Space Station for an in-flight crew portrait. Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is at bottom center. Clockwise from his position are Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Tyurin of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Steve Swanson and Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos.

S125-E-012398 (20 May 2009) --- The crewmembers for the STS-125 mission pose for a photo following a news conference on the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis. Pictured on the front row are astronauts Scott Altman (center), commander; Gregory C. Johnson, pilot; and Megan McArthur, mission specialist. Pictured on the back row (left to right) are astronauts Michael Good, Mike Massimino, John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel, all mission specialists.

ISS005-E-21513 (26 November 2002) --- The Expedition Six crewmembers, wearing Russian Sokol suits, pose for a crew photo in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya, on the International Space Station (ISS). Pictured are astronaut Donald R. Pettit (front), NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin (left back), flight engineer; and astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

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iss053e180289 (Nov. 12, 2017) --- The Expedition 52-53 crew members pose for a portrait inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module. From left are Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, Randy Bresnik of NASA and Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 32/33 backup crew posed for pictures June 20, 2012 as they participated in the second of two days of Soyuz spacecraft qualification exams. Backup Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (left), backup Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA (center) and backup Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko are understudies to the prime crew, NASA Flight Sunita Williams, Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Yuri Malenchenko, who will launch July 15 to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Official portrait of the STS-45 Atlantis, OV-104, crewmembers.

jsc2018e025583 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Drew Feustel of NASA (left, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Ricky Arnold of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz spacecraft March 16 during their final Soyuz fit check activities. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

STS123-S-002 (26 July 2007) --- These seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-123 crew portrait. From the right (front row) are astronauts Dominic L. Gorie, commander; and Gregory H. Johnson, pilot. From the left (back row) are astronauts Richard M. Linnehan, Robert L. Behnken, Garrett E. Reisman, Michael J. Foreman and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Takao Doi, all mission specialists. Reisman is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-123. The crewmembers are attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

The next trio of residents that will launch to the International Space Station clasp hands for reporters and photojournalists at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia Nov. 28, 2012 during the second of two days of flight qualification exams. Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn (right) are scheduled to launch Dec. 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

STS068-S-002 (March 1994) --- These six NASA astronauts are in training for the mission, scheduled for launch later this year. Standing are, left to right, Michael A. Baker, mission commander; and Terrence W. Wilcutt, pilot. On the front row are, left to right, Thomas D. Jones, payload commander; and Peter J. K. (Jeff) Wisoff, Steven L. Smith and Daniel W. Bursch, all mission specialists.

S124-E-007005 (6 June 2008) --- Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (right) and Oleg Kononenko (left), Expedition 17 commander and flight engineer, respectively; along with NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff (second left), flight engineer, and Garrett Reisman, STS-124 mission specialist, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Reisman, who joined the station's crew in March, is being replaced by Chamitoff, who arrived at the station with the STS-124 crew.

S114-E-6751 (2 August 2005) --- The STS-114 crewmembers pose for an in-flight portrait in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are astronauts Andrew S. W. Thomas, mission specialist; Eileen M. Collins, commander; and Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist representing Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). From the left (back row) are astronauts James M. Kelly, pilot; Charles J. Camarda, Stephen K. Robinson, and Wendy B. Lawrence, all mission specialists.

ISS037-E-028227 (8 Nov. 2013) --- Nine crew members gather for a group portrait in the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory following a joint crew news conference. This is the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the station without the presence of a space shuttle. Pictured clockwise (from bottom right) are European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 37 flight engineers; Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 37 commander; Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineers; Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, both Expedition 38 flight engineers. The Expedition 37 crew members will undock from the station in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on Nov. 10, ending a five-and-a-half month stay.

jsc2018e044094 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz simulator May 11 during the final day of their vehicle qualification exams. They will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

STS044-S-002 (July 1991) --- These are the six crew members assigned to fly onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis for NASA's STS 44 mission, scheduled for later this year. Astronaut Frederick D. Gregory (center, front row) is mission commander. He is flanked by astronauts Terence T. (Tom) Henricks (left), pilot; and F. Story Musgrave, mission specialist. On the back row are astronaut James S. Voss, mission specialist; payload specialist Thomas J. Hennen of the U.S. Army; and astronaut Mario Runco Jr., mission specialist. The mission insignia is seen in the upper right corner, while the Defense Support System (DPS)/IUS payload is depicted in the upper left corner.

jsc2017e138118 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers pose for pictures Dec. 13 in front of the first stage of the Soyuz booster rocket. From left to right are Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Scott Tingle of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), who will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

ISS012-E-24274 (7 April 2006) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group photo during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 12 to Expedition 13 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are astronauts Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer; William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer; and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency. From the left (back row) are Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pones and cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency. The "ship's log" floats freely in the foreground.

ISS023-E-046833 (18 May 2010) --- Six of the twelve crew members currently on the space shuttle Atlantis/International Space Station tandem are pictured in the Kibo laboratory of the orbital outpost while the shuttle remains docked with the station. Pictured are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (left foreground), Expedition 23 commander; and NASA astronaut Ken Ham (top), STS-132 commander. Also pictured (from the left background) are NASA astronaut Piers Sellers, STS-132 mission specialist; Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 23 flight engineer; along with NASA astronauts Garrett Reisman, STS-132 mission specialist; and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 23 flight engineer.

ISS030-E-241374 (21 April 2012) --- Expedition 30 crew members pose for a photo in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Pictured at bottom are NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer. Pictured from the left (back row) are Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, Anton Shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, all flight engineers.

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S118-E-07205 (14 Aug. 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left) and Oleg V. Kotov (right), Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Charlie Hobaugh, STS-118 pilot, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS018-E-044304 (1 April 2009) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (center), Expedition 18 commander; cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (left), Expedition 18 flight engineer; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18/19 flight engineer, pose for a photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

Left to Right: European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, Backup Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, backup European Space Agency astronaut Gerhard Thiele of Germany, NASA Expedition 9 backup Commander Leroy Chiao, prepare for the flag raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, April 15, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

The STS-50 crew portrait includes (from left to right) Ellen S. Baker, mission specialist; Kenneth D. Bowersox, pilot; Bonnie J. Dunbar, payload commander; Richard N. Richards, commander; Carl J. Meade, mission specialist; Eugene H. Trinh, payload specialist; and Lawrence J. DeLucas, payload specialist. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on June 25, 1992 at 12 12 23 pm (EDT), the primary payload for the mission was the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1) featuring a pressurized Spacelab module.

jsc2019e035391 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures June 27 during the final day of their qualification exams. They will launch on July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

ISS021-E-027180 (15 Nov. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (top), Expedition 21 commander; Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (left), NASA astronauts Nicole Stott and Jeffrey Williams (center foreground); along with Russian cosmonauts Maxim Suraev (right) and Roman Romanenko, all flight engineers, enjoy a light moment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

S120-E-006961 (27 Oct. 2007) --- Astronauts Daniel Tani (bottom), Expedition 16 flight engineer; Stephanie Wilson and Doug Wheelock (center), both STS-120 mission specialists; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, take a moment for a photo on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

After exiting the Crew Transport Vehicle, the STS-102 crew gathers under Discovery for a walk-around. From left are Pilot James Kelly, Mission Specialist Andy Thomas, Commander James Wetherbee and Mission Specialist Paul Richards. The crew landed at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility at 2 31 a.m. EST aboard Discovery following a 12-day, 19-hour, 49-minute mission to the International Space Station

ISS027-E-036202 (23 May 2011) --- Inside the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo lab on the International Space Station (ISS), European Space Agency astronauts Paolo Nespoli (left rear) and Roberto Vittori (right rear) during an Earth-to-space phone tag-up withItalian President Giorgio Napolitano. Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left front) and Mark Kelly, the respective commanders for the two, introduced the two ESA astronauts and left them in Kibo to visit with the president. Nespoli has been on the station for over five months and is due to return to Earth in less than 24 hours. Vittori is on a 16-day mission of the space shuttle Endeavour, joined by five NASA astronauts. This occasion is the second time two Italian astronauts have been in space together and the first time in the last 15 years.

ISS015-E-27124 (4 Sept. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left), Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, flight engineer, pose for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

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