NASA Astronauts and Training

Images of astronauts in blue suits during training and presentations, capturing the collaborative spirit of space missions with a focus on teamwork.

PHOTO DATE: 02-22-10LOCATION: Ellington, 990SUBJECT: STS-130 Crew Return, Ellington Field

NASA International Space Station Operations Integration Manager Kenny Todd, left, and NASA Director for Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, Chad Rowe, along with Roscosmos and Russian Search and Recovery Forces, meet to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station.

jsc2019e051814 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station reports to Russian, American and United Arab Emirates space officials Aug. 29 during their final qualification exams for flight. From left to right are United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA. They will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The STS-122 crew returns to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a presentation in the Training Auditorium. At center, Mission Specialist Rex Walheim (with microphone) shares a personal story about his experiences. The other crew members are (from left) Commander Steven Frick, Pilot Alan Poindexter, Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Hans Schlegel and Stanley Love.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-132 Mission Specialists Garrett Riesman, left, and Michael Good participate in a news conference in the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on landing day. Space shuttle Atlantis touched down on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 33 at 8 48 a.m. EDT, completing a 4.8-million mile mission to the International Space Station. STS-132 carried the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1 to the space station. STS-132 is the 34th shuttle mission to the station, the 132nd shuttle mission overall and the last planned flight for Atlantis.

PHOTO DATE: 02-22-10LOCATION: Ellington, 990SUBJECT: STS-130 Crew Return, Ellington Field

JSC2008-E-047157 (15 June 2008) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (far left) addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-124 crew return ceremony on June 15, 2008 at Ellington Field near JSC. From the second left are NASA astronauts Mark Kelly, commander; Ken Ham, pilot; Karen Nyberg, Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, all mission specialists.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, introduces STS-134 Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialist Michael Fincke during a crew return event for employees. Commander Mark Kelly, Johnson and Mission Specialists Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori lifted off May 16, 2011, aboard space shuttle Endeavour. During the nearly 16-day STS-134 mission, Endeavour delivered to the International Space Station the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts, including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre. This was the 36th shuttle mission to the station and Endeavour's 25th and final flight.

$Artemis II Crew Senate Meet and Greet. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-KS., gives remarks as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, and \Christina Hammock Koch look on during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Hammock Koch, Hansen, along with NASA Astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.$

JSC2011-E-050732 (2 June 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (left), along with astronauts Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander; and Greg H. Johnson, pilot, are pictured during the STS-134 crew return ceremony on June 2, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-134 Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialist Andrew Feustel check out some of the tools and equipment they'll be using in space. The six-member crew is at Kennedy participating in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), which gives them an opportunity for hands-on training and familiarization of the payload they'll be delivering to the International Space Station. Space shuttle Endeavour is targeted to launch on the STS-134 mission Feb. 27, 2011.

PHOTO DATE: 05-27-10LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276SUBJECT: STS-132 crew return ceremony at Ellington Field - Hangar 276WORK ORDER: 1648-STS132ELL-05-27-10

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and a former space shuttle commander, right, introduces NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Catherine Coleman to speak to Kennedy employees about their experiences aboard the International Space Station.Coleman spent 159 days aboard the station during expeditions 26 and 27. During expeditions 28 and 29, Fossum was in space for 167 days.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly, left, and Pilot Gregory H. Johnson check out tools and equipment they'll be using in space. The six STS-134 astronauts are at Kennedy participating in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), which gives them an opportunity for hands-on training and familiarization of the payload they'll be delivering to the International Space Station.Space shuttle Endeavour is targeted to launch on the STS-134 mission Feb. 27, 2011.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-132 Pilot Tony Antonelli, left, and Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and Michael Good participate in a news conference in the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on landing day. Space shuttle Atlantis touched down on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 33 at 8 48 a.m. EDT, completing a 4.8-million mile mission to the International Space Station. STS-132 carried the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1 to the space station. STS-132 is the 34th shuttle mission to the station, the 132nd shuttle mission overall and the last planned flight for Atlantis.

Artemis II Crew Senate Meet and Greet. NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, left, Reid Wiseman, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Victor Glover, right, talk during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.

Artemis II Crew at GSFC. NASA astronaut Victor Glover, second from right, answers a question alongside CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman second from left, and Christina Hammock Koch, right, during an employee engagement event, Friday, May 19, 2023, at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.

JSC2007-E-098007 (8 Nov. 2007) --- The crew of the STS-120 mission was welcomed home to Houston Nov. 8, following the landing of Space Shuttle Discovery in Florida on Nov. 7. Astronaut Doug Wheelock, mission specialist, addresses the crowd on hand at Ellington Field. Also seen are astronauts Stephanie Wilson and Scott Parazynski, mission specialists. Not pictured are STS-120 commander Pam Melroy, pilot George Zamka and mission specialists Paolo Nespoli (ESA) and Clay Anderson.

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley speak to members of the media after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceXs Demo-2 mission, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Florida. NASAs SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. The flight test will serve as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceXs crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to launch at 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, center, and astronaut candidate Kayla Barron, far right, tour the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 12, 2019. They viewed all of the hardware in the high bay that is being processed for Exploration Mission-1 and Exploration Mission-2. Accompanying them are Jules Schneider, director, Assembly, Test and Launch Operations (ATLO) with Lockheed Martin; Nathan Varn, senior manager, ATLO with Lockheed Martin; and Glenn Chin, deputy manager, NASA Orion Production Operations.

NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins participates in a briefing at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida following the companys uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test on Jan. 19, 2020. During the flight test, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A and began a planned launch-abort sequence demonstrating the spacecrafts escape capabilities. The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean as expected. The In-Flight Abort Test is a critical milestone in preparation for crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program.

Stephen Koerner, Director of the Flight Operations Directorate at NASAs Johnson Space Center, left, and Pat Forrester, NASAs chief of the astronaut office, monitor the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-2 mission with NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in firing room four of the Launch Control Center at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAs SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceXs crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soi

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the STS-116 crew look over flight hardware during the Crew Equipment Interface Test. Seen here are Pilot William Oefelein (left) and Mission Specialist Christer Fugelsang, who represents the European Space Agency. Mission crews make frequent trips to the Kennedy Space Center to become familiar with the equipment and payloads they will be using. STS-116 will be mission No. 20 to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The mission payload is the SPACEHAB module, the P5 integrated truss structure and other key components. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than Dec. 7.

STS-129 CREW RETURN TO KSC FOR EMPLOYEE PRESENTATION

Work Request Description: Expedition 55 Preflight, Launch

Artemis II Crew at GSFC. CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, answers a question alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, during an employee engagement event, Friday, May 19, 2023, at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.

PHOTO DATE:09-12-09LOCATION: ELLINGTON FIELDSUBJECT:STS-128 Crew & ISS Crewmember Tim Kopra return ceremony at Ellington Field

PHOTO DATE:09-12-09LOCATION: ELLINGTON FIELDSUBJECT:STS-128 Crew & ISS Crewmember Tim Kopra return ceremony at Ellington Field

NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), Roscosmos, along with Russian Search and Recovery Forces, meet to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Bresnik, Nespoli and Ryazanskiy are returning after 139 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 52 and 53 crews onboard the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Catherine Coleman speak to Kennedy Space Center employees about their experiences aboard the International Space Station.Coleman spent 159 days aboard the station during expeditions 26 and 27. During expeditions 28 and 29, Fossum was in space for 167 days.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space Shuttle Program and mission managers meet for the traditional Flight Readiness Review, a thorough assessment of preparations for the mission. Seen here in blue flight suits are NASA astronauts James P. Dutton Jr. and Peggy Whitson, chief of the Astronaut Corps. The June 28 meeting is designed to produce a number of key decisions about Atlantis' STS-135 mission, including the announcement of an official launch date. 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 mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 will be t

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, makes a photograph with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, center, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Astronauts selected to train for the flight tests of NASAs Commercial Crew Program participated in a panel discussion with employees at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana, Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders, and astronauts Eric Boe and Suni Williams.

JSC2011-E-070523 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (center), STS-135 commander; and Doug Hurley, pilot, hold up a photo of the plaque that was left in space shuttle Atlantis by the STS-135 crew members during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASAs Johnson Space Center (JSC). JSC director Michael L. Coats is at left.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Centers Assembly and Refurbishment Facility, STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi speaks to employees. At right is Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson. They and other crew members are visiting several sites during their return to Kennedy Space Center. They have returned to Florida especially for a celebration in the KSC Visitor Complex of the successful return to flight mission that launched July 26 of this year.

NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley (left) and Robert Behnken exit the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020, in preparation for transport to Launch Complex 39A ahead of embarking on NASAs SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 3:22 p.m. EDT. Behnken and Hurley are the first astronauts to launch to the space station from U.S. soil since the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program, this will be SpaceXs final flight test, paving the way for the agency to certify the crew transportation system for regular, crewed flights to the orbiting laboratory.

Crew-4 Astronauts Visit KSC. From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren are photographed at the Press Site at NASAs Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASAs SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASAs Commercial Crew Program.

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins smiles for the camera while signing autographs at the NASA booth set up on the National Mall as part of the National Day of Service, Saturday, January 19, 2013, in Washington. NASA along with other federal agencies set up along the Mall as part of events surrounding the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson, left, and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana express their gratitude to the thousands of workers who have processed, launched and landed the space shuttles for more than three decades during an employee appreciation event. Space shuttle Atlantis' final return from space at 5:57 a.m. EDT secured the space shuttle fleet's place in history and brought a close to the STS-135 mission and America's Space Shuttle Program. STS-135 delivered spare parts, equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis, which has spent 307 days in space, orbited Earth 4,848 times and traveled 125,935,769 miles.

NASA Briefing with Artemis II Crew. NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, and Christina Hammock Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, participate in a NASA news conference on Aug. 8, 2023, at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA senior leadership and the Artemis II crew discussed the mission - the first with astronauts under Artemis, which will send NASA astronauts Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen around the Moon and back. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASAs path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis and is the first mission with astronauts to the Moon.

PHOTO DATE: 02-22-10LOCATION: Ellington, 990SUBJECT: STS-130 Crew Return, Ellington Field

JSC2012-E-106529 (20 July 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy (foreground) and Evgeny Tarelkin, both Expedition 33/34 flight engineers, participate in a routine operations training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, meets with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

The president of the Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, shakes hands with Payload Specialist Leonid Kadenyuk, at right, as backup Payload Specialist Yaroslav Pustovyi, both of the National Space Agency of Ukraine, looks on during prelaunch activities leading up to the scheduled Nov. 19 launch of STS-87. STS-87 will be the fourth flight of the United States Microgravity Payload and the Spartan-201 deployable satellite. During the mission, Kadenyuk will pollinate Brassica rapa plants as part of the Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment, or CUE, aboard Columbia during its 16-day mission. The CUE experiment is a collection of 10 plant space biology experiments that will fly in Columbia's middeck and will feature an educational component that involves evaluating the effects of microgravity on Brassica rapa seedlings. Students in Ukrainian and American schools will participate in the same experiment with Kadenyuk in space. Kadenyuk will be flying his first Shuttle mission on STS-87.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts from Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-135 mission travel inside NASAs silver Astrovan. From left are Mission Specialist Sandra Magnus and Pilot Doug Hurley. Since 1984, the Astrovan, a modified Airstream motor home, has carried shuttle crew members to the launch pads. The astronauts, along with Commander Chris Ferguson, were at the center for the traditional post-flight crew return presentation.STS-135 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim was unable to attend the Kennedy event. In July 2011, Atlantis and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis and the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program.

Vice President Mike Pence, left foreground, tours the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Feb. 21, 2018. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Bob Behnken describe the type of pressure suit helmet to be worn as crews travel to the International Space Station aboard the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft. Behind Pence is Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot. To the far right is SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell. During his visit, Pence chaired a meeting of the National Space Council in the high bay of the center's Space Station Processing Facility. The council's role is to advise the president regarding national space policy and strategy, and review the nation's long-range goals for space activities.

2023 Department of Commerce National Youth Summit. NASA astronaut Alvin Drew speaks to attendees at the 2023 National Youth Summit alongside NASA Administrator Bill Nelson hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerces Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-122 crew discusses its mission at a post-landing conference. Moderating at left is NASA Public Affairs Officer George Diller. The crewmembers, from left, are Commander Steve Frick, Pilot Alan Poindexter and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Rex Walheim, Hans Schlegel and Stanley Love. After a round trip of nearly 5.3 million miles, space shuttle Atlantis and crew returned to Earth with a landing at 9:07 a.m. EST on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Commercial crew astronauts Eric Boe, Nicole Mann and Chris Ferguson recently toured Boeings spacecraft testing facilities in Huntington Beach and El Segundo, Calif. All three astronauts will fly on Boeings CST-100 Starliner in an upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. Structural testing in Huntington Beach confirms the spacecraft can withstand the pressures it will experience during flight. Environmental qualification testing in El Segundo ensures the spacecraft can withstand the extreme environments of space.

The crew of STS-135, from right, Sandy Magnus, Doug Hurley, Chris Ferguson and Rex Walheim pose for a group photo as the space shuttle Atlantis is moved from the Orbiter Processing facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Florida. The move, known as rollover, is a milestone in the preparation for launch as the orbiter leaves its processing hangar to be prepped for its final flight. ( NASA Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool ).

Astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, flight engineer on Expeditions 23 and 24, left, and Doug Wheelock, Expedition 24 flight engineer and commander of Expedition 25, discuss their mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

JSC2007-E-03676 (19 Jan. 2007) --- Educator astronaut Barbara R. Morgan (left) and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams speak to an audience of students and media during a demonstration at Space Center Houston. Morgan has been named as a crew member for the STS-118 mission, scheduled to launch in the summer of 2007.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Standing under space shuttle Atlantis at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-129 Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik, left, discusses his experiences on his newly completed mission with Kennedy Director Bob Cabana, a former astronaut. Atlantis touched down on Runway 33 with Hobaugh at the controls, completing the 4.5-million-mile STS-129 mission to the International Space Station on orbit 171. Main gear touchdown was at 9:44:23 a.m. EST. Nose gear touchdown was at 9:44:36 a.m., and wheels stop was at 9:45:05 a.m. On STS-129, the six-member crew delivered 14 tons of cargo to the orbiting laboratory, including two ExPRESS Logistics Carriers containing spare parts to sustain station operations after the shuttles are retired next year.

JSC2011-E-050707 (2 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, both STS-134 mission specialists, are pictured during the STS-134 crew return ceremony on June 2, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA is hosting a Tweetup for 150 Twitter followers of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, selected from more than 5,500 online registrants. A Tweetup is an informal meeting of people who use the social messaging medium Twitter. Here, NASA astronauts Mike Massimino and Doug Wheelock talk with Sesame Street's Elmo. Sesame Street also is at Kennedy to film Elmo, as he learns about space exploration at NASA.Atlantis and its crew of four; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, are scheduled to lift off at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a fa

Artemis II Crew Canadian Embassy Reception. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman participates in a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 Crew Arrival for Prelaunch Activities. Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, second from left, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa right, are seen after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the agencys SpaceX Crew-7 mission, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch at 3:49 a.m. EDT on August 25, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA is hosting a Tweetup for 150 Twitter followers of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, selected from more than 5,500 online registrants. A Tweetup is an informal meeting of people who use the social messaging medium Twitter. Here, NASA astronauts Mike Massimino and Doug Wheelock talk with Sesame Street's Elmo. Sesame Street also is at Kennedy to film Elmo, as he learns about space exploration at NASA.Atlantis and its crew of four; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, are scheduled to lift off at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a f

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After their arrival at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, the Return to Flight mission STS-114 crew talked briefly to media. At the microphone is Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas. Behind him (left to right) are Mission Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, who is with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. Other crew members not pictured are Mission Specialists Charles Camarda, Wendy Lawrence and Stephen Robinson. The crew arrived a day early due to weather concerns associated with Hurricane Dennis. This historic mission is the 114th Space Shuttle flight and the 17th U.S. flight to the International Space Station. STS-114 is scheduled to launch at 3 51 p.m. July 13 and last about 12 days with a planned KSC landing at about 11 01 a.m. EDT on July 25. On mission STS-114, the crew will perform inspections on orbit for the first time of all of the Reinforced Carbon-Carbon (RCC) panels on the leading edge of the wings

Astronauts from the STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope shared accounts of their mission today at StenniSphere. The crewmembers-Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialists Megan McArthur, Michael Good, Drew Feustel and Mike Massimino-thanked Stennis employees for their contributions to the success of the mission and presented a plaque to Marina Benigno, director of center operations. Pictured are (l to r) Massimino, Good, Feustel, Altman, McArthur and Johnson.

JSC2007-E-31803 (23 June 2007) --- The STS-117 crewmembers and Johnson Space Center's (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (right) are photographed during the STS-117 crew return ceremony on Saturday, June 23 at Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near JSC. From second right are astronauts Rick Sturckow and Lee Archambault, commander and pilot, respectively; Patrick Forrester, Steven Swanson, John "Danny" Olivas, Jim Reilly and Sunita Williams, all mission specialists. Williams, who was flight engineer on the Expedition 15 crew, achieved a new milestone, a record-setting flight at 194 days, 18 hours and 58 minutes, the longest single spaceflight ever by a female astronaut or cosmonaut.

The president of the Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, shakes hands with Payload Specialist Leonid Kadenyuk, at right, as backup Payload Specialist Yaroslav Pustovyi, both of the National Space Agency of Ukraine, looks on during prelaunch activities leading up to the scheduled Nov. 19 launch of STS-87. STS-87 will be the fourth flight of the United States Microgravity Payload and the Spartan-201 deployable satellite. During the mission, Kadenyuk will pollinate Brassica rapa plants as part of the Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment, or CUE, aboard Columbia during its 16-day mission. The CUE experiment is a collection of 10 plant space biology experiments that will fly in Columbia's middeck and will feature an educational component that involves evaluating the effects of microgravity on Brassica rapa seedlings. Students in Ukrainian and American schools will participate in the same experiment with Kadenyuk in space. Kadenyuk will be flying his first Shuttle mission on STS-87

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik examines a heat-resistant tile sample inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tour on Feb. 12, 2019. Bresnik also viewed additional spaceflight hardware being processed for Exploration Mission-1 and Exploration Mission-2.

STS-125 crew members from left, Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Gregory Johnson, Mission Specialist Michael Good, Mission Specialist Megan McArthur, Mission Specialist John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist Michael Massimino and Mission Specialist Andrew Feustel, are seen during a press conference, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, after astronomers declared the NASA's Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory with the release Wednesday of observations from four of its six operating science instruments at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Astronaut Rex Walheim meets students at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington on April 25, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Artemis II Crew Media Availability. NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, left, and, Reid Wiseman are seen during a media gather, Thursday, May 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill grounds, in Washington. Wiseman, Hammock Koch, along with NASA astronaut Victor Glover, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and NASA Astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams, who are assigned to Boeings first operation flight of Starliner, and NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Michael Fincke, and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson, who are assigned to Boeings Crew Flight Test, are seen during a press conference ahead of the Boeing Orbital Flight Test mission, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be Starliners maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 6:36 a.m. EST launch on Dec. 20, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities.

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, left, and Mark Vande Hei, right, answer questions from the audience after speaking about their time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, June 15, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Acaba and Vande Hei answered questions from the audience and spoke about their experiences aboard the International Space Station for 168 days as part of Expedition 53 and 54.

NASA astronaut TJ Creamer talks about his experience in space during a "Tweetup" at NASA Headquarters, Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Washington. Creamer, who spent 161 days living aboard the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 22/23 crew, set up the orbiting outpost's live Internet connection and posted updates about the mission to his Twitter account, sending the first live tweet from orbit.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-118 Mission Specialists Dave Williams, Barbara R. Morgan and Alvin Drew take part in a news conference about their mission. The crew has just returned from a 13-day mission to the International Space Station, during which they installed a new gyroscope, an external spare parts platform and another truss segment to the expanding station. STS-118 was the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, the 20th flight for Endeavour and the second of four missions planned for 2007.

Behind the rope, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (left) and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard greet NASA astronauts Robert Behnken (left) and Douglas Hurley inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020, ahead of the agencys SpaceX Demo-2 mission. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 3:22 p.m. EDT from historic Launch Complex 39A. Behnken and Hurley are the first astronauts to launch to the International Space Station from U.S. soil since the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program, this will be SpaceXs final flight test, paving the way for the agency to certify the crew transportation system for regular, crewed flights to the orbiting laboratory.

OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Training. Lockheed Martin Program Manager Sandy Freund, second from left, answers questions from reporters during an OSIRIS-REx sample return press conference, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range.

Expedition 45/46 Commander, Astronaut Scott Kelly along with his brother, former Astronaut Mark Kelly speak to news media outlets about Scott Kelly's 1-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Date: January 19, 2015. Location: Building 2.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As part of In-Flight Maintenance training at SPACEHAB, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., the STS-107 crew learns about Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) experiments that will be on their mission. Seen looking over paperwork and one of the BRIC experiments are Commander Rick D. Husband (left) and Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon of Israel. STS-107 will carry a broad collection of experiments ranging from material science to life science. It is scheduled to launch July 19, 2001

19-11-04-07:Assisted by an interpreter, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA reviews rendezvous procedures with a training instructor at his Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan March 19. Swanson, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station March 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft for a six-month mission.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition-18 Mission Briefing with Commander Michael Fincke

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-130 Commander George Zamka presents a plaque commemorating the STS-130 mission to Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana. From left are Cabana; Zamka; Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson (holding plaque), Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick, and Kathryn Hire; and Pilot Terry Virts. The presentation followed a program for Kennedy employees in which the crew talked about their experiences on the mission. Endeavour launched Feb. 8, 2010, and landed Feb. 21. During Endeavour's STS-130 mission, the crew installed the Tranquility node, a module that provides additional room for crew members and many of the station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to Tranquility is a cupola with seven windows that provide a panoramic view of Earth, celestial objects and visiting spacecraft. STS-130 was the 24th flight for Endeavour, the 32nd shuttle mission devoted to ISS assembly and maintenan

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey talks with Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach at the Shuttle Landing Facility. The STS-133 crew members are at Kennedy for a practice launch dress rehearsal called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) in preparation for their upcoming mission.TCDT provides each shuttle crew and launch team with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training. 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.

2023 Department of Commerce National Youth Summit. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, delivers remarks alongside NASA astronaut Alvin Drew at the 2023 National Youth Summit hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerces Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On the slidewire basket bunker area of Launch Pad 39A, STS-118 educator astronaut and Mission Specialist Barbara R. Morgan responds to a question from the media before the crew's morning training activities in the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT. Morgan joined NASA's Teacher in Space program in 1985 and was selected as an astronaut in 1998. TCDT activities include M-113 training, payload familiarization, the emergency egress training at the pad and a simulated launch countdown. The mission is the 22nd flight to the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Endeavour will carry a payload including the S5 truss, a SPACEHAB module and external stowage platform 3. STS-118 is targeted for launch on Aug. 7. NASA/George Shelton

1412:At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 backup crewmembers Terry Virts of NASA (left) and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (right) share a light moment May 15 during ceremonies to mark the crews departure for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Virts, Cristoforetti and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are the backups to the prime crew -- NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) -- who will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from Baikonur for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

2023 Department of Commerce National Youth Summit. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, delivers remarks alongside NASA astronaut Alvin Drew at the 2023 National Youth Summit hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerces Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly signs the space shuttle wall tribute in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy employees who have supported the Space Shuttle Program throughout the last 30 years have been signing the wall as a tribute to the program. Endeavour's six crew members are at Kennedy for the launch countdown dress rehearsal called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) and related training. Endeavour is targeted to launch April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT on its final spaceflight mission.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough, left. speaks with NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, after a meeting with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and fellow crew members ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington DC.

Pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialist Mike Fincke of Space Shuttle Endeavour's final mission STS-134 come to Ames Research Center to share their experiences, answer questions and sign autographs during a afternoon with the staff. Astronauts Johnson and Fincke present photo to Ames Associate Director Steve Zornetzer.

NASA astronaut candidate Matthew Dominick, third from right in the front row, answers a question during a live episode of the Administrator's monthly chat show, Watch This Space, along with fellow members of the 2017 astronaut candidate class, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA's newest astronaut candidate class has started their two years of training, after which the new astronaut candidates could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on deep space missions on NASAs new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.

The three members of the Expedition Two crew arrive at KSC. Standing, left to right, are astronaut Susan Helms, cosmonaut Yury Usachev, and astronaut James Voss. They will be flying on mission STS-102 to the International Space Station, replacing the Expedition One crew, who will return to earth on Discovery. STS-102 will be Helms and Vosss fifth Shuttle flight, and Usachevs second

NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 Astronauts with Agency Leadership. A model of the International Space station is seen as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana meet with NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada of NASA, and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA is hosting a Tweetup for 150 Twitter followers of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, selected from more than 5,500 online registrants. A Tweetup is an informal meeting of people who use the social messaging medium Twitter. Here, NASA astronaut Mike Massimino talks with Sesame Street's Elmo. Sesame Street also is at Kennedy to film Elmo, as he learns about space exploration at NASA.Atlantis and its crew of four; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, are scheduled to lift off at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a failed ammonia pu

Astronaut Bob Behnken, work in a mock-up of the SpaceX Crew Dragon flight deck at the company's Hawthorne, California, headquarters as development of the crew systems continues for eventual missions to the International Space Station.

Astronaut candidates, back row from left, Jonny Kim, Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency, Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral OHara, Frank Rubio, Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons of the Canadian Space Agency, Jessica Watkins, front row from left, Kayla Barron, Zena Cardman, Raja Chari, Matthew Dominick, Bob Hines, and Warren Hoburg are seen during a live episode of the Administrator's monthly chat show, Watch This Space, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA's newest astronaut candidate class has started their two years of training, after which the new astronaut candidates could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on deep space missions on NASAs new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.

STS-132 astronaut Piers Sellers, left, and Dr. John Mather are seen with a replica of Mather's Nobel Prize, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Sellers returned the replica that is in the museum's collection and was flown aboard STS-132 Atlantis. The prize was won by Mather and University of California, Berkeley researcher George Smoot in 2006 for their work using the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite to understand the big-bang theory of the universe.

Astronaut Scott Parazynski, left, veteran of four space shuttle missions, with Secretary Gale Norton at Department of Interior headquarters ceremony marking the naming of Columbia Point, a 13,980-feet peak in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia's last voyage

jsc2017e043853 (April 14, 2017) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, Expedition 51 crewmember Jack Fischer of NASA displays a launch Key” during a tour of the facility April 14. The launch key” is the device that triggers the engine ignition sequence at the launch pad for a Soyuz rocket launch. Fischer and Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Jack Fischer of NASA. Yurchikhin and Fischer will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko, left, and Commander Alexander Skvortsov, shake hands with Russian dignitaries after their arrival at Chkalovskaya airport just outside Moscow on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Skvortsov, Kornienko and Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson, landed in their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews.

JSC2003-E-37463 (21 May 2003) --- General Jefferson D. Howell, Jr. (second left), Johnson Space Center (JSC) Director, and the Expedition 6 crewmembers pose for a photo following the crew arrival at Ellington Field, near JSC. The crewmembers are, from the left, astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, pose for a photo, Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington DC.

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the SRB Assembly and Refurbishment Facility, STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins points to the solid rocket booster aft skirt inside. At left is Bob Herman, SRB deputy associate program manager with United Space Alliance. The STS-114 crew is at KSC for familiarization with Shuttle and mission equipment. The mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment, plus the external stowage platform, to the International Space Station.

JSC2010-E-024590 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Gregory H. Johnson, STS-134 pilot, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance suit technicians Daniel Palmer (right foreground) and George Brittingham assisted Johnson.

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington.

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