ISS040-E-012313 (17 June 2014) --- From left, Expedition 40 crew members Reid Wiseman and Steve Swanson of NASA and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst take a break to watch ten minutes of live World Cup matches between science experiments while living and working aboard the International Space Station. Swanson is Expedition 40 commander and the others are flight engineers.

ISS040-E-019318 (25 June 2014) --- In the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, prepares to transfer a multi-purpose experiment platform and a robotic arm known as the Small Fine Arm through the Kibo module?s scientific airlock. The Small Fine Arm, which attaches to the Kibo?s larger main arm, handles delicate operations involved in exchanging experiments and payloads located on the Exposed Facility.

ISS040-E-006033 (29 May 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (center), Expedition 40 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (left) and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, both flight engineers, give a “thumbs up” signal in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-020378 (26 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, shaves the head of NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Gerst used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair. 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.

European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, commander, gather around a computer in the Unity node of the International Space Station after the German-USA soccer match.

Astronaut Alexander Gerst,Expedition 40 flight engineer (background),and Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson are photographed performing blood sample collection in the Columbus module as part of HRF Generic Frozen Blood Collection Operations.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman,Expedition 40 flight engineer,is photographed in front of the Cupola windows with a toy giraffe floating beside him.

ISS040-E-007573 (5 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, is pictured floating freely in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left),Expedition 40 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (upper left),NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov,all three flight engineers,gather around a computer in Node 1 to watch the World Cup finals.

ISS040-E-006199 (1 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, appears to enjoy his view of Earth through the windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-019299 (25 June 2014) --- In the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, prepares to transfer a multi-purpose experiment platform and a robotic arm known as the Small Fine Arm through the Kibo module?s scientific airlock. The Small Fine Arm, which attaches to the Kibo?s larger main arm, handles delicate operations involved in exchanging experiments and payloads located on the Exposed Facility.

ISS040-E-019312 (25 June 2014) --- In the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, prepares to transfer a multi-purpose experiment platform and a robotic arm known as the Small Fine Arm through the Kibo module?s scientific airlock. The Small Fine Arm, which attaches to the Kibo?s larger main arm, handles delicate operations involved in exchanging experiments and payloads located on the Exposed Facility.

ISS040-E-088730 (4 Aug. 2014) --- In the International Space Station?s Harmony node, NASA astronauts Steve Swanson (foreground), Expedition 40 commander; and Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, perform a portable onboard computer Dynamic Onboard Ubiquitous Graphics (DOUG) software review in preparation for two upcoming U.S. spacewalks.

ISS040-E-006039 (30 May 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, floats through the hatch between the Kibo laboratory and the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-020368 (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. 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.

European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst,Expedition 40 flight engineer,sends down a congratulations to the victorious German team after the World Cup finals. Photo taken in Columbus module.

ISS040-E-006702 (2 June 2014) --- Looking through the Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, is pictured in the background while working in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

Astronaut Steve Swanson,Expedition 40 Commander,is photographed working with the Robonauts processing unit (or brain) in the U.S. Laboratory module.

NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left),Expedition 40 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (upper left), NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov,all three flight engineers,gather around a computer in Node 1 to watch the World Cup finals.

Astronaut Reid Wiseman,Expedition 40 flight engineer,is photographed playing with a yoyo in the Node 2 module.

ISS040-E-020384 (26 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, shaves the head of NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Gerst used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair. 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.

ISS040-E-091688 (12 Aug. 2014) --- In the Zvezda Service Module, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (left) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, both Expedition 40 flight engineers, monitor the approach and docking of ESA?s "Georges Lemaitre" Automated Transfer Vehicle-5 (ATV-5) to the International Space Station.

View of Astronaut Reid Wiseman,Expedition 40 flight engineer,inserting urine samples in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) located in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM).

ISS040-E-024110 (28 June 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, wearing a communication headset, uses a computer in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineers, are photographed during ATV equipment preparation in the Service Module (SM) prior to ATV launch.

ISS040-E-091673 (12 Aug. 2014) --- In the Zvezda Service Module, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (right) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, both Expedition 40 flight engineers, take a brief moment for a photo during the approach and docking operations of ESA's "Georges Lemaitre" Automated Transfer Vehicle-5 (ATV-5) to the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-067869 (16 July 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, are pictured in the International Space Station?s Cupola during rendezvous and capture operations of the Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo craft.

ISS040-E-006091 (31 May 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-014865 (18 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, works with Fundamental and Applied Studies of Emulsion Stability (FASES) experiment hardware in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. The emulsion study sponsored by ESA and located inside the Columbus laboratory Fluids Science Laboratory could lead to environmentally friendly products with industrial and space applications.

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer (wearing soccer shirt), is photographed during ATV equipment preparation in the Service Module (SM) prior to ATV launch.

ISS040-E-008521 (9 June 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, removes and replaces a new manifold bottle in the Combustion Integration Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-055101 (9 July 2014) --- In the International Space Station?s Cupola, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (background), flight engineer, practice grapple procedures with the Canadarm2 in preparation for the upcoming arrival of the Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo craft.

ISS040-E-020344 (25 June 2014) --- In the International Space Station?s Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (top), Expedition 40 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, participate in a training session for the robotic capture of the Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo craft, set to launch on the Orbital-2 commercial resupply services flight no earlier than July 10.

ISS040-E-055166 (9 July 2014) --- In the International Space Station?s Cupola, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, practices grapple procedures with the Canadarm2 in preparation for the upcoming arrival of the Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo craft.

View of Astronaut Reid Wiseman,Expedition 40 flight engineer,inserting urine samples in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) located in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM).

ISS040-E-080769 (28 July 2014) --- NASA astronauts Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander, and Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, work in tandem to perform in-flight maintenance on an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-007691 (5 June 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, removes and replaces the remote power switch controller module in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-090493 (11 Aug. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, performs routine in-flight maintenance on the Multi-user Drop Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) inside the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. The MDCA contains hardware and software to conduct unique droplet combustion experiments in space.

ISS040-E-007123 (4 June 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, works with the Common Cabin Air Assembly (CCAA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-010261 (11 June 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, works with the Multi-user Drop Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) at a workstation in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. The MDCA contains hardware and software to conduct unique droplet combustion experiments in space.

Astronaut Reid Wiseman,Expedition 40 flight engineer,is photographed at the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) arm controls in the U.S. Laboratory during the capture and berthing of the Cygnus spacecraft.

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer (wearing soccer shirt), is photographed during ATV equipment preparation in the Service Module (SM) prior to ATV launch.

ISS040-E-006343 (1 June 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, gets a workout on the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-067864 (16 July 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, are pictured in the International Space Station?s Cupola during rendezvous and capture operations of the Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo craft.