Life in Space

Images of astronauts conducting activities aboard the International Space Station, including exercise, relaxation, and preparations for spacewalks.

ISS020-E-023837 (24 July 2009) --- Astronaut Dave Wolf assists astronaut Tom Marshburn with his extravehicular mobility unit spacesuit in the joint airlock, while astronaut Christopher Cassidy stands suited and almost ready at right. The two were about to participate in the July 24 flight day 10 spacewalk, and they are scheduled to wrap up the EVA work with a fifth overall session on July 27. The three mission specialists are part of a 13-member aggregation of astronauts and cosmonauts currently onboard the orbital outpost while its crew of six plays host to Endeavour's crew of seven.

S130-E-007098 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot, exercises using the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22 flight engineer, is in the background.

iss055e004815 (March 23, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (background left) and Commander Anton Shkaplerov relax inside the Zvezda service module moments before the arrival of three new Expedition 55 crew members on March 23, 2018. The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft carrying Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev and Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold would dock to the Poisk docking compartment on March 23, 2018 at 3:40 p.m. EDT.

ISS020-E-021866 (18 July 2009) --- Astronauts Dave Wolf (in spacesuit with back to camera) and Tim Kopra (out of frame) are suited and just about ready to exit the International Space Station's Quest airlock to begin the first of five scheduled spacewalks over the next several days. The space walkers are assisted here by astronauts Christopher Cassidy (left), STS-127 mission specialist, and Mike Barratt, Expedition 20 flight engineer.

ISS022-E-089779 (10 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (foreground) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both Expedition 22 flight engineers, work in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS026-E-030172 (26 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, use still cameras at windows in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during rendezvous and docking activities of space shuttle Discovery (STS-133).

ISS021-E-028157 (17 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, both Expedition 21 flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS028-E-048394 (12 Sept. 2011) --- Four of the six Expedition 28 crew members onboard the International Space Station pose for a photo in the Harmony node. Pictured clockwise (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev; along with NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers.

ISS032-E-026999 (15 Sept. 2012) --- In the Unity node, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 32 commander; along with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin, both flight engineers, add the Expedition 32 patch to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station, following the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 32 to Expedition 33.

ISS026-E-013632 (31 Dec. 2010) --- Expedition 26 crew members are pictured in the Unity node of the International Space Station on New Years Eve. Clockwise from the left are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, all flight engineers; NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, commander; Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers.

ISS020-E-023837 (24 July 2009) --- Astronaut Dave Wolf assists astronaut Tom Marshburn with his extravehicular mobility unit spacesuit in the joint airlock, while astronaut Christopher Cassidy stands suited and almost ready at right. The two were about to participate in the July 24 flight day 10 spacewalk, and they are scheduled to wrap up the EVA work with a fifth overall session on July 27. The three mission specialists are part of a 13-member aggregation of astronauts and cosmonauts currently onboard the orbital outpost while its crew of six plays host to Endeavour's crew of seven.

S126-E-010219 (24 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Shane Kimbrough (foreground) and Steve Bowen, both STS-126 mission specialists, attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, prepare for the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Astronauts Chris Ferguson, commander, and Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, assist Bowen and Kimbrough.

S126-E-010236 (24 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Steve Bowen (right, mostly out of frame), both STS-126 mission specialists, attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, are pictured in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) draws to a close. Astronaut Chris Ferguson, commander, assists with the doffing of the spacesuits.

ISS021-E-028163 (17 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, both Expedition 21 flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-050361 (22 May 2010) --- NASA astronauts Ken Ham (top left), STS-132 commander; Tony Antonelli, STS-132 pilot; Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 23 flight engineer; Michael Good, Steve Bowen, Garrett Reisman and Piers Sellers, all STS-132 mission specialists, are pictured in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station during an educational event.

ISS036-E-048259 (10 Sept. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (center), Expedition 36 commander; along with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (left) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, both flight engineers, are pictured in the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station as they prepare to depart from the station and return to Earth.

ISS043E270899 (05/30/2015) --- The Expedition 43 crew gathers aboard the International Space Station to affix their mission patch to the vehicle. In view is Commander Terry Virts (center left), Scott Kelly (top left), Gennady Padalka (top center), Anton Shkaplerov (top right), Mikhail Kornienko (bottem right), Samantha Cristoforetti (bottom center)

ISS016-E-028885 (9 Feb. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, both STS-122 mission specialists, work with Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis is docked with the station.

iss063e022389 (June 1, 2020) --- NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (foreground) and Doug Hurley, who flew the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station during SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2, are pictured briefing mission controllers about their experience in the new vehicle.

S133-E-007419 (28 Feb. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (right), Expedition 26 flight engineer; and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS020-E-037758 (1 Sept. 2009) --- Astronauts Jose Hernandez (left) and Tim Kopra, both STS-128 mission specialists, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station as astronauts John Danny” Olivas, mission specialist; and Nicole Stott, Expedition 20 flight engineer, prepare to exit the airlock to begin the mission’s first session of extravehicular activity.

ISS020-E-037050 (30 Aug. 2009) --- Expedition 20 crew members are pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station as Space Shuttle Discoverys crew ingress through the stations Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA-2). Pictured (from the left) are Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, all flight engineers; along with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (partially out of frame at right), commander. Astronaut Rick Sturckow, STS-128 commander, is visible in the background as he leads his crew onto the space station.

S133-E-006523 (26 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronauts Scott Kelly (left), Expedition 26 commander; and Steve Lindsey, STS-133 commander, are pictured in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S130-E-007175 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Kathryn Hire, STS-130 mission specialist; and T.J. Creamer, Expedition 22 flight engineer, are pictured near the robotic workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

In the newly-installed Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM), the STS-133 crew members pose while signing the STS-133 patch, which was added to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station. Pictured counter-clockwise (from the center) are NASA astronauts Steve Lindsey, commander; Eric Boe, pilot; Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt, all mission specialists.

S128-E-007146 (31 Aug. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford (foreground), STS-128 pilot; and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20 flight engineer, work in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS024-E-015199 (23 Sept. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 24 commander; and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, flight engineer, make final preparations for their departure in the Soyuz TMA-18 docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station. The Soyuz undocked at 10:02 p.m. (EDT) on Sept. 24, 2010, carrying Skvortsov and Caldwell Dyson, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (out of frame). Originally scheduled for Sept. 23, the Soyuz undocked a day later due to a Poisk-side hatch sensor problem, which prevented hooks on the Poisk side of the docking interface from opening.

S126-E-012247 (27 Nov. 2008) --- Getting all ten members of an aggregation consisting of seven Endeavour astronauts and three Expedition 18 crewmembers into a single photo wasn't easy as the two crews shared a Thanksgiving meal on the middeck of the orbiter. Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, appears at top center. Clockwise from her position are astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Eric Boe, along with cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, and astronauts Steve Bowen (partially visible behind Lonchakov), Donald Pettit, Michael Fincke, Gregory Chamitoff, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Chris Ferguson (partially visible at top right). Ferguson is STS-126 commander, and Fincke is commander for the station crew.

iss059e001079 (March 18, 2019) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques assists NASA astronauts Christina Koch (left) and Nick Hague as they verify their U.S. spacesuits are sized correctly and fit properly ahead of a set of upcoming spacewalks.

ISS027-E-034867(18 May 2011) --- Soon after the space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station on May 18, six crew members from each spacecraft greeted and reunited before starting in on several days of shared work. Here, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly greets two members of the Expedition 27 crew --European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (left), flight engineer, and Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander. Nespoli and Kondratyev, along with NASA astronaut Cady Coleman (not pictured), will be returning to Earth on May 23, leaving nine astronauts and cosmonauts to continue several more days of joint activities.

S134-E-007107 (18 May 2011) --- STS-134 and Expedition 27 crew members are pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station shortly after space shuttle Endeavour and the space station docked in space and the hatches were opened. Pictured from the left are European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, STS-134 mission specialist; NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander; Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander; NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Expedition 27 flight engineer; and NASA astronaut Greg H. Johnson, STS-134 pilot.

S116-E-06624 (16 Dec. 2006) --- As the mission's third spacewalk draws to a close, astronauts Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left), STS-116 mission specialist, and Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, get help as they remove their extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein (bottom), pilot; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, mission specialist; and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, assisted Curbeam and Williams.

ISS020-E-050725 (8 Oct. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams (foreground), Expedition 21 flight engineer and Expedition 22 commander, uses a communication system in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Also pictured clockwise are NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (bottom), Expedition 20 flight engineer; European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer and Expedition 21 commander; spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte; Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20/21 flight engineer; and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 20 commander.

ISS032-E-010060 (22 July 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (right), Expedition 32 commander; and Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during undocking activities of the unpiloted Progress 47 resupply spacecraft. The Progress temporarily undocked from the stations Pirs Docking Compartment on July 22, 2012 in order to perform a series of engineering tests during re-docking designed to verify an upgraded automated rendezvous system that will facilitate future dockings of Russian vehicles to the space station. Progress 47 separated from the station to a distance of about 100 miles and held position for 24 hours.

iss063e033532 (June 26, 2020) --- Spacewalkers Bob Behnken (far left) and Chris Cassidy (far right) are suited up with assistance from Expedition 63 Flight Engineers (middle left) Doug Hurley and Ivan Vagner (middle right) ahead of their June 26 spacewalk.

S130-E-006987 (10 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut George Zamka (background), STS-130 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22 flight engineer, work with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS033-E-016177 (25 Oct. 2012) --- Expedition 33 crew members are pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured clockwise (from top right) are NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, commander; Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin, Yuri Malenchenko and Oleg Novitskiy; along with NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, all flight engineers. This photo was taken shortly after Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin docked with the space station in their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft.

iss051e029165 (April 29, 2017) --- Expedition 51 crew members Fyodor Yurchikhin (left) and Jack Fischer take a break during mealtime in the Unity module.

STS98-E-5297 (16 February 2001) --- Goodbyes are plentiful as five astronauts prepare to depart the International Space Station (ISS) and return to the Space Shuttle Atlantis.Cosmonauts Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer; andYuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander forthe station crew, appear in the center of the scene. They are surrounded by astronauts Mark L. Polansky, STS-98 pilot; and Robert L. Curbeam (top) andThomas D. Jones, right, both shuttle mission specialists. The cosmonauts, along with astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd (out of frame), Expedition One commander, will stay aboard the outpost for several more weeks and return to Earth with the next shuttle visitors.

ISS003-E-5394 (9 September 2001) --- The Expedition Three crewmembers assemble for a crew photo in the Zvezda Service Module (SM) of the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (center) is the Expedition Three commander. He is flanked by cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir Dezhurov, both flight engineers representing Rosaviakosmos. This picture was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS021-E-016893 (12 Oct. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Nicole Stott and Jeffrey Williams (left foreground); along with Russian cosmonauts Roman Romanenko (left background) and Maxim Suraev, all Expedition 21 flight engineers, are pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

S134-E-008288 (21 May 2011) --- In the Unity node onboard the International Space Station, this snack time snap shot catches three Endeavour astronauts -- part of the twelve joint Expedition 27/STS-134 crew members -- during a break in a very busy schedule. From left in foreground are NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander; European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, STS-134 mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, mission specialist. NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Expedition 27 flight engineer, can be seen in the background.

S135-E-007791(14 July 2011) --- Seven astronauts - six from NASA and one from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) - and three Russian cosmonauts participate on July 14, 2011 in a special meal on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' middeck. One of the final meals shared between shuttle and station crews has been called The All-American Meal.” The STS-135 crew consists of NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim; the Expedition 28 or International Space Station crew members are JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, NASA astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov. Note: Ferguson is barely in the frame at bottom foreground.

STS113-E-05290 (30 November 2002) --- Astronauts Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (left) and John B. Herrington (bottom), both STS-113 mission specialists, assisted by astronaut Paul S. Lockhart, STS-113 pilot, don their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest Airlock on the International Space Station (ISS). Moments later, Lopez-Alegria and Herrington went on to begin the third and final scheduled spacewalks to perform work on the International Space Station (ISS).

S132-E-009140 (22 May 2010) --- This is not a scene one would likely confront on Earth, with people hanging from the ceiling and floating through the room, but with the existence of a weightless environment, it is commonplace on the International Space Station. The ceiling hanger” in this scene, NASA astronaut Ken Ham, will lead his six member STS-132 crew off the station May 23, and among those to whom he will be saying goodbye are pictured NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and T.J. Creamer, both flight engineers for the Expedition 23 crew.

ISS028-E-050067 (15 Sept. 2011) --- Expedition 29 crew members bid farewell to Expedition 28 crew members in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station prior to boarding their Soyuz spacecraft for their trip back to Earth. Pictured are NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (right foreground), Expedition 29 commander; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (right background) and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov (left), both Expedition 29 flight engineers; Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko (second left), Expedition 28 commander; Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev (center) and NASA astronaut Ron Garan (mostly obscured at right), both Expedition 28 flight engineers.

ISS023-E-029731 (29 April 2010) --- Expedition 23 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Pictured from the right are NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, flight engineer; Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, commander; NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Alexander Skvortsov, all flight engineers.

S124-E-007545 (8 June 2008) --- A "fish-eye" lens on a digital still camera was used to record this image of the STS-124 and Expedition 17 crewmembers as they share a meal on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station. Pictured counter-clockwise (from the left bottom) are NASA astronauts Mark Kelly, STS-124 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 17 commander; NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, STS-124 mission specialist; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko; NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff, both Expedition 17 flight engineers; NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, all STS-124 mission specialists; and NASA astronaut Ken Ham, STS-124 pilot.

ISS040-E-020367 (26 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, shaves the head of NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, commander, in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Gerst used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair. Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, flight engineer, is visible in the background. A friendly World Cup Soccer-related agreement between the crew members representing the USA, and Gerst, a German citizen who represents the European Space Agency, called for the American losers of a German-USA match to have their heads shaved. The German team won the match 1-0.

ISS020-E-037110 (31 Aug. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronauts Frank De Winne (right), Expedition 20 flight engineer; and Christer Fuglesang, STS-128 mission specialist, are pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S125-E-007903 (16 May 2009) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld (left) and Mike Massimino, both STS-125 mission specialists, take a moment for a photo on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis, as they prepare for the missions third session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Andrew Feustel, mission specialist, is at right.

ISS042E101418 (01/07/2015) --- Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore of NASA and Flight Engineers Elena Serova, Alexander Samoukutyaev and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos are seen here gathered inside the Japanese Kibo module of the International Space Station working with equipment. Astronauts and Cosmonauts work a variety of science experiments and orbital maintenance while on their tour of duty aboard the ISS.

ISS039-E-020763 (13 May 2013) --- Inside the Unity node less than an hour before hatch closure on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft, the Expedition 39 crew members wave good bye to crew members remaining on the International Space Station. From left to right are Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA.

ISS022-E-100383 (17 March 2010) --- Crew members aboard the International Space Station are pictured in the Destiny laboratory during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 22 to Expedition 23. Pictured are NASA astronauts Jeffrey Williams (right, holding microphone), Expedition 22 commander; and T.J. Creamer (second right), Expedition 22/23 flight engineer; Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov (left), Expedition 22 flight engineer and Expedition 23 commander; and Maxim Suraev (mostly obscured at left background), Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22/23 flight engineer.

S119-E-006711 (20 March 2009) --- Astronaut Tony Antonelli (left), Discovery pilot, almost appears to be saying "I've got next" as he hovers over an exercising astronaut Joseph Acaba. The STS-119 mission specialist is working out on the bicycle ergometer which the crew earlier deployed on the floor of Discovery's middeck. While Acaba goes outside the International Space Station on March 21 to participate in a spacewalk, Antonelli will remain inside to contribute support, along with other astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut.

S124-E-009832 (10 June 2008) --- Astronauts Ken Ham (bottom), STS-124 pilot; Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum, both mission specialists, pose for a photo after adding the STS-124 patch to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have performed spacewalks from the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.

STS089-364-022 (22-31 Jan. 1998) --- Astronauts David A. Wolf, a new member of the STS-89 crew; and Andrew S. W. Thomas, a new member of the Mir-24 crew, check out the just-unstowed CoCult hardware, a Mir tissue experiment. Wolf will return aboard the space shuttle Endeavour after spending four months on the Russian Mir Space Station. Thomas is the final United States astronaut to serve as guest researcher aboard Mir.

ISS017-E-021299 (17 Oct. 2008) --- Crewmembers aboard the International Space Station participate in a news conference in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the right (background) are astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander; cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Expedition 18 flight engineer; astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17/18 flight engineer; cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 17 flight engineer; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott. Cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 17 commander, is out of frame.

S124-E-007220 (8 June 2008) --- A "fish-eye" lens on a digital still camera was used to record this image of astronauts Mark Kelly (left) and Mike Fossum, STS-124 commander and mission specialist, respectively, in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Fossum and astronaut Ron Garan (out of frame) were about to begin the mission's third scheduled spacewalk.

ISS037-E-011135 (14 Oct. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center), Expedition 37 commander; along with NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both flight engineers, pose for a portrait in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

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ISS042E296399 (03/02/2015) --- US astronaut Terry Virts, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov acknowledge their 100th day aboard the International Space Station on Mar. 2, 2015 with this tweeted picture and the comment Celebrating flight day 100 of our mission aboard the Station with @AstroSamantha and @AntonAstrey”.

ISS032-E-010654 (28 July 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (right), Expedition 32 commander; along with cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko (left) and Sergei Revin, both flight engineers, are pictured near the manual TORU docking system controls in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station following the approach and re-docking operations of the unpiloted Progress 47 resupply vehicle on July 28, 2012. The Progress temporarily undocked from the stations Pirs Docking Compartment on July 22 in order to perform a series of engineering tests during re-docking designed to verify an upgraded automated rendezvous system that will facilitate future dockings of Russian vehicles to the space station. The cargo ship re-docked at 9:01 p.m. (EDT) on July 28 in a test of the new Kurs-NA automated rendezvous system.

ISS021-E-028123 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Expedition 21 crew members pose for a photo with three Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, all flight engineers. Pictured on the back row are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (center), commander; along with NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and Maxim Suraev, both flight engineers.

S119-E-006660 (19 March 2009) --- Astronauts Michael Fincke (left), Expedition 18 commander; and Tony Antonelli, STS-119 pilot, look over procedures checklists in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS021-E-028119 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Expedition 21 crew members pose for a photo with three Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, all flight engineers. Pictured on the back row are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (center), commander; along with NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and Maxim Suraev, both flight engineers.

. iss069e061564 (Aug. 17, 2023) --- Three Expedition 69 flight engineers are pictured working on a variety of tasks inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Clockwise from left are, astronauts Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio, both from from NASA, and Sultan Alneyadi from UAE (United Arab Emirates).

S129-E-006894 (19 Nov. 2009) --- In the Quest airlock, astronaut Barry E. Wilmore (center), STS-129 pilot, assists crewmates Robert L. Satcher Jr. (left) and Mike Foreman, mission specialists, in getting ready for their flight day four space walk.

S120-E-007340 (29 Oct. 2007) --- Astronauts Doug Wheelock (left) and Scott Parazynski, both STS-120 mission specialists, float near the galley on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

. iss068e026320 (Dec. 3, 2022) --- Flight Engineers Nicole Mann (center left) of NASA and Koichi Wakata (center right) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) pose with NASA spacewalkers Frank Rubio (far left) and Josh Cassada (far right) who are suited and ready to begin spacewalk to install a roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's Starboard-4 truss segment.

S126-E-008470 (19 Nov. 2008) --- STS-126 crewmembers in the Unity node of the International Space Station are pictured during flight day six activities while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Pictured from the bottom (clockwise) are astronauts Steve Bowen, Shane Kimbrough, Donald Pettit, all mission specialists; and Eric Boe, pilot.

ISS011-E-13024 (14 September 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, hold the European Space Agency (ESA) Matroshka radiation experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Matroshka, a human-torso-like device, was retrieved from the exterior of the station during an August spacewalk, for return to Earth. The experiment is designed to better understand the exposure of astronauts, including those making spacewalks, to radiation.

Members of the Expedition 66 crew pose for a group picture in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) aboard the International Space Station. Clockwise from bottom center are Expedition 66 Flight Engineers NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, and NASA astronaut Raja Chari.

ISS017-E-021366 (23 Oct. 2008) --- Astronaut Greg Chamitoff (left), Expedition 18 flight engineer, and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS029-E-043204 (20 Nov. 2011) --- In the Unity node, Expedition 29 crew members add the Expedition 29 patch to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station. Pictured are NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (center), commander; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, both flight engineers.

ISS004-E-10181 (20 April 2002) --- Cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko (left) and astronaut Carl E. Walz, Expedition Four mission commander and flight engineer, respectively, wearing Russian Sokol suits, are seated in the Soyuz 3 spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Four crew undocked the Soyuz 3 capsule from the nadir docking port of the Zarya module of the ISS at 4:16 a.m. (CDT) and flew a short distance down the station for a redocking to the Pirs docking compartment at 4:37 a.m. (CDT) over Central Asia. The move was in preparation for the arrival of the new Soyuz 4 capsule on April 27, 2002, and a three-man taxi crew, Commander Yuri Gidzenko, who was a member of the first resident crew of the ISS; Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency (ESA); and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth.

STS089-338-032 (22-31 Jan. 1998) --- The Mir-24 crew of Russias Mir Space Station and the space shuttle Endeavour STS-89 crew members work together to transfer supplies from the Spacehab Module onboard the Endeavour to Mir. Left to right are astronaut Andrew S. W. Thomas, new cosmonaut guest researcher; astronaut Joe F. Edwards Jr. pilot; and cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA).

PHOTO DATE: 01-25-11LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 28 crew member and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa during ISS EVA P/P 33105 training with STS-135 crew members

STS102-E-5102 (10 March 2001) --- Left to right, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, astronaut James S. Voss and cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko visit on the International Space Station soon after hatches were open between the Discovery and the station. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander on the Expedition One crew, will be returning with the STS-102 crew aboard Discovery after having been onboard the orbiting outpost since early November of 2000. Usachev, Expedition Two commander, along with astronauts Voss and Susan J. Helms are taking over the station for a lengthy stay. The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS011-E-12410 (6 August 2005) --- The STS-114 and Expedition 11 crewmembers gather in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are astronaut Eileen M. Collins, STS-114 commander; James M. Kelly, STS-114 pilot; Andrew S. W. Thomas, STS-114 mission specialist; John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer; and cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency. From the left (back row) are astronauts Soichi Noguchi representing Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Stephen K. Robinson, Charles J. Camarda, and Wendy B. Lawrence, all STS-114 mission specialists.

S132-E-009945 (22 May 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (background), Expedition 23 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, flight engineer, are pictured at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis (STS-132) remains docked with the station.

ISS030-E-161707 (18 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, trims the hair of Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, flight engineer, in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station. Burbank used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.

S115-E-06580 (15 Sept. 2006) --- Astronauts Brent W. Jett, Jr. (left), STS-115 commander; Daniel C. Burbank, mission specialist; and Thomas Reiter, Expedition 13 flight engineer representing the European Space Agency (ESA), share a meal on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The STS-125 crew is taking part in a simulated launch countdown aboard space shuttle Atlantis at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Seen in their seats in the mid-deck are (front to back) Mission Specialists Andrew Feustel, Mike Massimino and John Grunsfeld. The countdown is the culmination of terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, activities as preparation before launch. TCDT provides astronauts and ground crews with an opportunity to participate in various launch activities, including equipment familiarization, emergency training and the countdown. Atlantis STS-125 mission to service NASAs Hubble Space Telescope is targeted for launch Oct. 14.

ISS038-E-068903 (9 March 2014) --- The new commander of the current crew on the International Space Station (Expedition 39) and the Expedition 38/39 flight engineers wave inside the Kibo laboratory. Their waving may very well be a symbolic farewell to the Expedition 38 crew members (out of frame) who are on the eve of their departure day from the orbital outpost. Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata (center) of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is joined here by Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio (right) of NASA and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).

ISS005-E-17392 (13 October 2002) --- Cosmonauts Valery G. Korzun (left), Expedition Five mission commander, Sergei Y. Treschev and astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition Five flight engineers, perform maintenance on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Korzun and Treschev represent Rosaviakosmos.

S128-E-007472 (3 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Rick Sturckow (right) and Patrick Forrester, STS-128 commander and mission specialist, respectively, are pictured as they work on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS027-E-015928 (19 April 2011) --- Expedition 27 crew members discuss mission activities in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured clockwise from the left are Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, all flight engineers; Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, flight engineer.

S122-E-007071 (9 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Rex Walheim (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel prepare to join seven other astronauts and a cosmonaut for a special reunion onboard the International Space Station soon after the hatches were opened between the orbital outpost and the Space Shuttle Atlantison docking day.

JSC2011-E-026938 (11 March 2011) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (foreground) and Andrew Feustel, both STS-134 mission specialists, participate in an ingress/egress training session in a shuttle mock-up in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Suit technician Raymond Cuevas assisted Chamitoff and Feustel.

S130-E-006971 (10 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Terry Virts (bottom), STS-130 pilot; Nicholas Patrick (right) and Robert Behnken, both STS-130 mission specialists; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi (top), Expedition 22 flight engineer, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS023-E-048294 (19 May 2010) --- Six of the twelve crew members currently on the space shuttle Atlantis/International Space Station tandem are pictured in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 23 commander; NASA astronauts Ken Ham (right foreground), STS-132 commander; Garrett Reisman (left foreground) and Steve Bowen (left), both STS-132 mission specialists; along with NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and T.J. Creamer, both Expedition 23 flight engineers.

STS113-E-05386 (2 December 2002) --- Cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, Expedition Five mission commander, adds the Expedition Five crew patch to the growing collection of those representing Expedition crews who have worked on the International Space Station (ISS). A location in the Unity node serves as one of the traditional posting sites for the patches. Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, NASA ISS science officer, is to the right of Korzun, who represents Rosaviakosmos.

STS110-E-5115 (10 April 2002) --- Astronauts Daniel W. Bursch (right), Expedition Four flight engineer, and Steven L. Smith, STS-110 mission specialist, traverse through the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya on the International Space Station (ISS). The image was taken with a digital still camera.

S125-E-007182 (14 May 2009) --- Astronauts John Grunsfeld (left) and Andrew Feustel, STS-125 mission specialists, made up the May 14 team of space walkers assigned to begin the final work on the Hubble Space Telescope. They will share two more sessions of extravehicular session later in the week.

iss064e009702 (Dec. 4, 2020) --- NASA astronauts and Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Michael Hopkins are pictured in the Kibo laboratory module during a space-to-ground call with SpaceX personnel.

ISS033-E-022004 (17 Nov. 2012) --- Expedition 32/33 and Expedition 33/34 crew members are pictured in the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 33 to Expedition 34. Pictured on the front row are NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, and Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer; Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin, both Expedition 34 flight engineers; and Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 33 flight engineer.

ISS027-E-035410 (21 May 2011) --- With just a few days remaining before their departure from the International Space Station (ISS), three Expedition 27 crew members leave their insignia among the growing collection of mission decals on the ISS. From left are European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, flight engineer, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, commander, and Cady Coleman, flight engineer.

S121-E-07702 (15 July 2006) --- After almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery, the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews bid farewell to each other prior to the undocking of the two spacecraft. Pictured are astronauts Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer; Lisa M. Nowak and Michael E. Fossum, STS-121 mission specialists; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, Expedition 13 flight engineer; and Mark E. Kelly, STS-121 pilot. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.

S128-E-007119 (31 Aug. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra (left foreground) and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang (left background), both STS-128 mission specialists; along with NASA astronauts Kevin Ford (right foreground), STS-128 pilot; and Michael Barratt, Expedition 20 flight engineer, are busy with various tasks in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S121-E-05903 (7 July 2006) --- Astronauts Stephanie D. Wilson (center) and Lisa M. Nowak (right), STS-121 mission specialists, work with the Mobile Service System (MSS) and Canadarm2 controls in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked to the station. Wilson and Nowak used the station's arm to move the Italian-built Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) from the shuttle cargo bay to install on the station's Unity node. Astronauts Jeffrey N. Williams (left), Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer; and Michael E. Fossum (top), STS-121 mission specialist, assisted. The MPLM was successfully latched in place by 7:15 a.m. (CDT) on July 7, 2006.

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