Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio Aboard the Super Guppy at Mansfield Lahm Airport

News Conference following the test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level 2 (TCL2) at Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. Maril Mora, President / CEO of the Reno -Tahoe Airport Authority welcomes NASA and Partners.

NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.

News Conference following the test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level 2 (TCL2) at Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. The UTM Reno Press Conference on Oct. 19, 2016. (Left to Right) Parimal Kopardekar, NASA Ames Senior Engineer for Air Transportation Systems gave an overview of UTM; Maril Mora, President / CEO of the Reno -Tahoe Airport Authority welcomes NASA and Partners; Tom Wilczek, Aerospace and Defence industry representative and Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development; Mark Baker, Director of Business Development, Nevada Institute of Autonomous Systems; Manos Maragakis, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno.

NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.

Test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level 2 (TCL2) at Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. During the test, five drones simultaneously crossed paths, separated by altitude. Two drones flew beyond visual line-of-sight and three flew within line-of-sight of their operators.

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, Germany

Berlin's old Tegel airport will soon be replaced in October (doubtful) by a new airport, Berlin-Brandenburg, located 19 km southeast of the city in Schönefeld. Construction began in 2006. But a mixture of design fiascos and other issues turned Berlin-Brandenburg into a national embarrassment as it missed six opening dates in succession. The main problems were: 1) The original terminal design had to be redrawn with twice the capacity in an issue over the airport company adding airport shopping; 2) The construction planning company went bankrupt (Information courtesy of BBC News). The image was acquired June 13, 2020, covers an area of 25.8 by 30 km, and is located at 52.4 degrees north, 13.5 degrees east. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23915

Floating airport at Osaka, Honshu, Japan

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

Test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level 2 (TCL2) at Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. During the test, five drones simultaneously crossed paths, separated by altitude. Two drones flew beyond visual line-of-sight and three flew within line-of-sight of their operators. Engineers Priya Venkatesan and Joey Mercer review flight paths using the UAS traffic management research platform at flight operations mission control at NASA’s UTM TCL2 test.

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

Test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level 2 (TCL2) at Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. During the test, five drones simultaneously crossed paths, separated by altitude. Two drones flew beyond visual line-of-sight and three flew within line-of-sight of their operators. Drone Co-habitation Services operates a Phantom 3 commercial multi-rotor unmanned aircraft, one of 11 vehicles in the UTM TCL2 demonstration that will fly beyond line of sight of the pilot in command in Nevada test.

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

Test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level 2 (TCL2) at Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. During the test, five drones simultaneously crossed paths, separated by altitude. Two drones flew beyond visual line-of-sight and three flew within line-of-sight of their operators. Precision Hawk pilot launches UAS Lancaster Mark 3, one of 11 vehicles in the UTM TCL2 demonstration that will fly beyond line of sight of the pilot in command in Nevada test.

NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

Test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level 2 (TCL2) at Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. During the test, five drones simultaneously crossed paths, separated by altitude. Two drones flew beyond visual line-of-sight and three flew within line-of-sight of their operators. Engineer Joey Mercer reviews flight paths using the UAS traffic management research platform UTM coordinator app to verify and validate flight paths.

NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.

UTM Technical Capabilities Level 2 (TLC2) Test at Reno-Stead Airport.

Test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level 2 (TCL2) at Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. During the test, five drones simultaneously crossed paths, separated by altitude. Two drones flew beyond visual line-of-sight and three flew within line-of-sight of their operators. Karen Bollinger pilot and Nick Atkins of Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration program fly Ptarmigan quadcopter, one of 11 vehicles in the UTM TCL2 demonstration that will fly beyond line of sight of the pilot in command in Nevada test.

Expedition 34 Crew Lands

Cars carrying Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin pull up to the terminal at the Kustanay Airport a few hours after the crew landed their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Ford, Novitskiy, and, Tarelkin returned from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 34 Crew Lands

Women in ceremonial Kazakh dress prepare to welcome home Expedition 34 Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, Commander Kevin Ford of NASA, and Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy at the Kustanay Airport a few hours after they landed near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Tarelkin, Ford, and Novitskiy, returned from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA, Lockheed Martin S-3B Viking Aircraft #N601NA, prepares for departure from Cleveland Hopkins Airport in support of the Unmanned Aircraft Communications Project

NASA, Lockheed Martin S-3B Viking Aircraft #N601NA, Unmanned Aircraft Communications Project

NASA, Lockheed Martin S-3B Viking Aircraft #N601NA, takes off from Cleveland Hopkins Airport, in support of the Unmanned Aircraft Communications Project

NASA, Lockheed Martin S-3B Viking Aircraft #N601NA, Unmanned Aircraft Communications Project

Barra Airport, Outer Hebrides, U.K.

Barra Island Eoligarry Airport is located in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, U.K. The airport is the only beach runway on the earth, relying on low tide to be open for take-offs and landings. Opened in 1936, there are now two daily flights between Barra and Glasgow. The image was acquired august 24, 2021, covers an area of 15 by 19.5 km, and is located at 57 degrees north, 7.45 degrees west. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26502

Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio Aboard the Super Guppy at Mansfield Lahm Airport

Data from the American Airlines ramp tower at Charlotte airport is among the information to be coordinated as part of ATD-2.

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Expedition 64 Landing Preparations

NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces depart Karaganda Airport for Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to stage for the Soyuz MS-17 landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Friday, April 16, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning, Saturday, April 17 after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio Aboard the Super Guppy at Mansfield Lahm Airport

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli and, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, center, arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, center, arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli and, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 34 Crew Lands

Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA poses for a photograph with women in ceremonial Kazakh dress at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan a few hours after he, along with Expedition 34 Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, landed their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Ford, Novitskiy, and, Tarelkin returned from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 34 Crew Lands

Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA poses for a photograph after receiving welcome home gifts at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan a few hours after he, along with Expedition 34 Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, landed their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Ford, Novitskiy, and, Tarelkin returned from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Doug Wheelock signs autographs, Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio Aboard the Super Guppy at Mansfield Lahm Airport

Expedition 56 Soyuz MS-08 Landing

Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA and Expedition 56 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 56 Soyuz MS-08 Landing

Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA and, Expedition 56 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 55 Soyuz MS-07 Landing

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he and fellow Expedition 55 crew members Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Norishige Kanai landed in their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 55 Soyuz MS-07 Landing

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he and fellow Expedition 55 crew members Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, and NASA astronaut Scott Tingle landed in their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, foreground, and NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, background, arrive at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after they and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, center, arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA team members arrive at the Krayniy Airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan in advance of the launch of Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 72 Preflight

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

Girls in traditional Kazakhstan dress wait to welcome the return 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 at a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Krayniy Airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan is seen as NASA and Roscosmos teams arrive in advance of the launch of Expedition 71 crewmembers NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, Sunday, March 17, 2024. Dyson, Novitskiy, and Vasilevskaya are scheduled to launch March 21. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 71 Preflight

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

Girls in traditional Kazakhstan dress wait to welcome the return 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 at a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 55 Landing Preparations

NASA, Roscosmos, and JAXA team members, along with Russian Search and Recovery Forces, arrive at the Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan Airport to stage for the Soyuz landing of Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 54 Landing Preparations

NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Karagada airport to deploy to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to pre-stage for the Soyuz MS-06 landing with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Monday, Feb. 26, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 54 Soyuz MS-06 Landing

Girls in ceremonial Kazak dress wait to welcome the return of Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin at a Zhezkazgan Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. 2018 (February 27 Eastern time.) 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 71 Preflight

NASA team members arrive at the Krayniy Airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan in advance of the launch of Expedition 71 crewmembers NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, Sunday, March 17, 2024. Dyson, Novitskiy, and Vasilevskaya are scheduled to launch March 21. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 71 Preflight

Expedition 57 Preflight

The Krayniy Airport is seen as NASA and Roscosmos teams arrive in advance of the launch of Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA and Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin are scheduled to launch October 11 on a Soyuz rocket and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA team members arrive at the Krayniy Airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan in advance of the launch of Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. Williams, Kud-Sverchkov, and Mikaev are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 74 Preflight

Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio Aboard the Super Guppy at Mansfield Lahm Airport

Astronaut Doug Wheelock poses with a visitor, Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio Aboard the Super Guppy at Mansfield Lahm Airport

American Airlines aircraft in the gate area at Charlotte Douglas International Airport where ATD-2 began in 2017.

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Runway surface Patrick Henry Airport

Proteus aircraft low-level flyby at Las Cruces Airport.

Proteus aircraft over Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico.

Expedition 57 Crew Returns to Baikonur

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA embraces his wife Catie after landing at the Krayniy Airport with Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin arrived from Zhezkazgan after Russian Search and Rescue teams brought them from the Soyuz landing site. During the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 28 Landing

Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan answers reporters questions in traditional Kazakh dress during a press conference at the Karaganda airport shortly after he and Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineer Ron Garan landed in their Soyuz TMA-21 outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Garan, Borisenko and Samokutyaev are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 34 Crew Lands

Expedition 34 Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, left, and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin pose for a photograph with women in ceremonial Kazakh dress at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan a few hours after they, along with Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA, landed their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Novitskiy, Tarelkin, and Ford returned from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Girls in ceremonial Kazakhstan attire wait to welcome the return of Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates at a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 57 Crew Returns to Baikonur

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, left, is welcomed by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after Hague landed at the Krayniy Airport with Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin arrived from Zhezkazgan after Russian Search and Rescue teams brought them from the Soyuz landing site. During the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Landing

Kazakh performers at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan play music prior to a welcome home ceremony for Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, and, Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli, and Cady Coleman, after the three landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Shuttle Discovery Reagan Airport Fly-Over

Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) makes its way past Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Arlington, Va. Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles. NASA will transfer Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum to begin its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

Matryoshka Dolls depicting Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA, left, Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) are seen at a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA, right, listens as NASA Interpreter Evgeny Sokol talks during a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. 2017. Bresnik, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 56 Soyuz MS-08 Landing

Expedition 56 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Artemyev returned to Earth after 197 days in space with Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 54 Soyuz MS-06 Landing

Expedition 54 crew members Alexander Misurkinat of Roscosmos, left, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei are seen during a welcome ceremony at the Zhezkazgan Airport on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. 2018 (February 27 Eastern time.) Vande Hei, and Misurkin returned with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 Soyuz MS-05 Landing

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli is seen during a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. 2017. Ryazanskiy, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik are returning after 139 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 52 and 53 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 54 Soyuz MS-06 Landing

Girls in ceremonial Kazakh dress and Matryoshka Dolls depicting NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, left, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, center, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei are seen during a welcome ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in the Zhezkazgan Airport, Kazakhstan. 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 57 Landing Preparations

View from a van carrying team members from NASA and ESA to the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan in advance of the landing of Expedition 57 crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)