ISS021-E-018952 (14 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, is pictured with Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-023978 (4 Nov. 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 21 flight engineer, looks through an opening on a hatch cover in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-016362 (29 Oct. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer, is pictured while working in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-018978 (2 Nov. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works with Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-027106 (15 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer, trims Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk's hair in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Williams used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.

ISS021-E-030513 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Surrounded by the blackness of space, the Space Shuttle Atlantis appears very small from the point of view of the International Space Station as the shuttle approaches the station during STS-129 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 10:51 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 18, 2009.

ISS021-E-030516 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Surrounded by the blackness of space, the Space Shuttle Atlantis appears very small from the point of view of the International Space Station as the shuttle approaches the station during STS-129 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 10:51 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 18, 2009.

ISS021-E-032275 (23 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialist, holds the failed Urine Processor Assembly / Distillation Assembly (UPA DA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Melvin and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (out of frame), Expedition 21 commander, removed and packed the UPA DA, then transferred it from the Water Recovery System 2 (WRS-2) rack to Atlantis for stowage on the middeck.

ISS021-E-030517 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, Space Shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 21 crew member as the shuttle approaches the International Space Station during STS-129 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 10:51 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 18, 2009.

ISS021-E-032302 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the aft section of the docked space shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) is featured in this image photographed by a crew member on the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-027108 (15 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer, trims Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk's hair in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Williams used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.

ISS021-E-022397 (8 Nov. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, holds a stowage bag containing various beverages in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-027125 (15 Nov. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (right), Expedition 21 commander; along with Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko (center) and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, both flight engineers, pose for a photo on the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-032273 (23 Nov. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, holds the failed Urine Processor Assembly / Distillation Assembly (UPA DA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. De Winne and NASA astronaut Leland Melvin (out of frame), STS-129 mission specialist, removed and packed the UPA DA, then transferred it from the Water Recovery System 2 (WRS-2) rack to Atlantis for stowage on the middeck.

ISS021-E-030520 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, Space Shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 21 crew member as the shuttle approaches the International Space Station during STS-129 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 10:51 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 18, 2009.

ISS021-E-027120 (15 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer, trims European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne's hair in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Williams used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.