Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur rest onboard a Russian helicopter that will take him from the landing site to Kustanay, Kazakhstan. Expedition 12 returned to Earth and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan onboard a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft that touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev was Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur signs the interior of the Russian helicopter that will take him from the landing site to Kustanay, Kazakhstan. Expedition 12 returned to Earth and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan onboard a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft that touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev was Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 12 Commander and International Space Station Science Officer, Bill McArthur waits onboard a helicopter before transferring to an airplane and a flight back to Moscow from Kustanay, Kazakhstan. Expedition 12 returned to Earth and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Commander Bill McArthur were Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
William S. McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 Commander and Space Station Science Officer, waves to some of the crowd on hand in the steppes of Kazakhstan to greet the three crewmembers returning to Earth from the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with McArthur, Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut William S. McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and space station science officer, smiles as he experiences terra firma for the first time in six months following the touchdown of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 9, 2006. Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Russias Federal Space Agency flight engineer and Soyuz commander joined McArthur for the return trip from the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The 2018 Marshall Space Flight Center Safety Day event was held in buildings 4200, 4315, and 4316. MSFC employees enjoyed safety related panel discussions, vendor exhibits, fire safety demonstrations, and fitness classes in the fitness building. Former NASA astronaut Bill McArthur discusses safety in the workplace during his address to Marshall team members Oct. 31. McArthur was the keynote speaker at Marshall's 2018 Safety Day.
Backup Expedition 8 Commander Bill McArthur, left, and prime Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale practice procedures with a satellite phone during final training at their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003, for launch on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle Oct. 18 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., left, Expedition 12 Commander and space station Science Officer; Valery I. Tokarev, Flight Engineer and Soyuz commander; are helped from a plane after their landing. The Expedition 12 crew brought their Soyuz TMA-7 capsule to a pre-dawn landing on Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 7:48 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Brazilian astronaut Marcos C. Pontes, left, Expedition 12 crew members, Valery I. Tokarev, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander, and William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., right, Expedition 12 commander and space station Science Officer. Expedition 12 returned to Earth and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 9, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The two Expedition 12 crew members and a Brazilian astronaut are met by a couple of dozen greeters on hand at the landing site of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Still wearing their spacesuits (in the foreground, left to right) are Marcos C. Pontes of Brazil, Valery I. Tokarev of Russia's Federal Space Agency and William S. McArthur Jr. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Backup crewmembers Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands of the European Space Agency, center, Bill McArthur of NASA, left, and Valery Tokarev of Russia listen to Russian space officials clear their Expedition 8 and European Space Agency prime crewmembers for launch during a State Commission meeting, Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Prime crewmembers Mike Foale, Alexander Kaleri and Pedro Duque launched, Saturday, Oct. 18 to the International Space Station in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle.Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur is being helped down from the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft after it landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with him was Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and Brazil's first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the space station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur, left, and prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale raise the American flag outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, in a traditional ceremony in Baikonur, Kazakhstan as preparations continue for the launch Saturday, Oct. 18 of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to carry Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur, left, and prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale raise the American flag outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003 in a traditional ceremony as preparations continue for the Oct. 18 launch of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to carry Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, right, is joined by his backup, Bill McArthur outside the Cosmonaut Hotel Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, for the traditional raising of the flags of the crewmembers who will launch Saturday, Oct. 18 on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station in Baikonur, Kazahstan. European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque, far left, and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri who will launch with Foale, raise the flags of Spain and Russia outside their hotel. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The prime and backup crews for Expedition 8 and European Space Agency crew members prepare to depart the suitup room at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003 for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station. Seated in the front row are Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and the ESA's Pedro Duque of Spain, right. Standing behind them are backup Expedition 8 Commander Bill McArthur, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup ESA crewmember Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson introduces NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Principal of Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Mary Begley, second from right, introduces NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, to the Space Shuttle Simulator during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. are seen outside of Arlington Science Focus Elementary School at the conclusion of a visit to the school, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. are seen outside of Arlington Science Focus Elementary School at the conclusion of a visit to the school, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives remarks during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School by U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Arlington Science Focus Elementary School teacher, Charles Harvey, right, speaks to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., in the Space Shuttle Simulator room, during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson introduces NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Principal of Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Mary Begley, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. pose for a photo during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. gives remarks during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives remarks during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School by U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
The seven-member crew of the Space Shuttle mission STS-92 gathered in front of the Shuttle Discovery shortly after landing at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California October 24, 2000. From left are mission specialists Koichi Wakata, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Wisoff, Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao, pilot Pam Melroy and mission commander Brian Duffy.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur, left, and Shane Kimbrough, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, right, present U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., second from left, with a montage from their mission, while NASA Administrator Bill Nelson looks on, during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, are seen outside of Arlington Science Focus Elementary School at the conclusion of a visit to the school, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from right, and U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., right, and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, sing the national anthem during opening ceremonies of a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives remarks during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School by U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Megan McArthur, center left, and Shane Kimbrough, center right, speak with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, right, Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
The seven-member crew of the Space Shuttle mission STS-92 gathered in front of the Shuttle Discovery shortly after landing at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California October 24, 2000. They are seen here with NASA Dryden Fight Research Center Director Kevin Petersen and Deputy Director Wallace Sawyer. From left are mission specialists Koichi Wakata, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Wisoff, Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao, pilot Pam Melroy and mission commander Brian Duffy. Between Jeff Wisoff and Brian McArthur are Kevin Petersen and Wally Sawyer, wearing ordinary civilian clothing.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur, left, and Shane Kimbrough, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, right, present Principal of Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Mary Begley, with a montage from their mission, while NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, third from right, and U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., second from left, look on, during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
The prime and backup crews for the Oct. 18 launch of a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station participate in the traditional flag-raising ceremony outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are backup Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev, backup European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, prime European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, prime Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale and backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is welcomed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, back left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, back right, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, left, Megan McArthur and Mark Vande Hei, right, from onboard the International Space Station as Nelson began to address the agency’s workforce during his first State of NASA event Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Nelson remarked on his long history with NASA, and among other topics, discussed the agency’s plans for future Earth-focused missions to address climate change and a robotic and human return to the Moon through the Artemis program, as well as announcing two new planetary science missions to Venus – VERITAS and DAVINCI+. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
From left to right, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson meet, Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana meet, Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana meet, Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana meet, Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana meet, Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, NASA’s 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
ISS012-E-22751 (24 Dec. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, floats through a hatch on the International Space Station.
JSC2000-E-27054 (27 October 2000) --- Astronaut William (Bill) McArthur, STS-92 mission specialist, addresses crowd at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies.
ISS012-E-11488 (11 Dec. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, poses with Christmas decorations in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-20020 (9 March 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, works with a portion of the Resistive Exercise Device (RED) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. In this view, McArthur replaced RED flex packs, which are external splines and spacers that were approaching the end of their certified life.
ISS012-E-14244 (28 Dec. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr. (right), Expedition 13 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, pose for a holiday photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. McArthur and Tokarev are holding Christmas stockings and wearing Santa Claus hats. A small Christmas tree and Santa Claus figurine sit on the gallery table in the foreground.
ISS012-E-20043 (9 March 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, sets up the electromyography (EMG) calibration cord assembly for a data collection session of the Foot/Ground Reaction Forces During Spaceflight (FOOT) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. McArthur was attired in the specially instrumented Lower Extremity Monitoring Suit (LEMS), cycling tights outfitted with sensors for the experiment.
JSC2006-E-16021 (9 April 2006) --- Astronaut William S. McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and space station science officer, smiles as he experiences terra firma for the first time in six months following the touchdown of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan. A Brazilian astronaut and Russian cosmonaut joined McArthur for the return trip from the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
JSC2006-E-16637 (26 April 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr. (left), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, speaks with astronaut Wendy B. Lawrence at his arrival at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center.
ISS012-E-12570 (16 Dec. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, completes a battery charge on a cardiac defibrillator at the Human Research Facility (HRF) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-12909 (20 Dec. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, prepares the Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE) for video documentation. The CFE was positioned on the Maintenance Work Area in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-10207 (5 December 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, performs in-flight maintenance (IFM) on the Volatile Organic Analyzer (VOA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-18246 (14 Feb. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, works with the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) during in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-24257 (8 April 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, floats in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station prior to his departure in a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft. A Russian Sokol spacesuit floats nearby.
ISS012-E-15158 (15 Jan. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, exercises on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-10233 (5 December 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, performs in-flight maintenance (IFM) on the Volatile Organic Analyzer (VOA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-22732 (24 Oct. 2005) --- Astronaut Williams S. (Bill) McArthur Jr. (right), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, eat a meal in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-22572 (21 March 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, adds potable water to a soft beverage container at the galley in Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-09763 (30 Nov. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, performs preventive maintenance and cleaning of the Russian segment SOTR ventilation systems in the Zvezda Service Module of the international space station.
ISS012-E-10245 (5 December 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, performs in-flight maintenance (IFM) on the Volatile Organic Analyzer (VOA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-18210 (13 Feb. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, works with the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) during in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-09931 (1 December 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, rotates the Crew Health Care System (CHeCS) rack back into position after cleaning the Avionics Air Assembly fan in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-18219 (13 Feb. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, works with the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) during in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-18278 (14 Feb. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, works with a portion of the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) during in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-07685 (11 Nov. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, photographs Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 (BCAT-3) experiment samples in the Destiny laboratory of the international space station.
JSC2002-01517 (8 Aug. 2002) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a mission training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2006-E-16605 (26 April 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, exits a plane following his arrival at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center.
ISS012-E-14206 (3 Jan. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 13 commander and NASA space station science officer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-09767 (30 November 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, performs preventive maintenance and cleaning of the Russian segment SOTR ventilation systems in the Zvezda Service Module of the international space station.
JSC2006-E-16619 (26 April 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, speaks to a welcoming crowd on hand at his arrival at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center.
JSC2006-E-16029 (9 April 2006) --- A Russian search and rescue helicopter flies over Arkalyk airport, Kazakhstan. Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer and Soyuz commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Brazilian astronaut Marco C. Pontes brought their Soyuz TMA-7 capsule to a pre-dawn landing on April 9, 2006 (Kazakhstan time). McArthur and Tokarev completed six months in space on the station, while Pontes spent 10 days in orbit. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
JSC2005-E-40271 (1 Oct. 2005) --- A Soyuz rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan with astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander; cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer and Soyuz commander; and U.S. spaceflight participant Gregory Olsen aboard. The trio is on a mission to the International Space Station lasting six months for McArthur and Tokarev. Olsen will return with the current station crew, Expedition 11, after ten days in space under a commercial contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
From left to right, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Russian Sokol Suits are carried from the medical tent after the landing of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev was Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on Sunday, April 1, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev, left, watches backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur exit the Soyuz capsule after their final check of the spacecraft Saturday, October 9, 2004 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 10 is scheduled to launch October 14 on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
October 15, 2003. Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Backup Expedition 8 Commander Bill McArthur (left) and prime Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale practice procedures with a satellite phone during final training at their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Oct. 15, 2003 for launch on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle Oct. 18 to the International Space Station. Foale will be joined for launch by Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Pedro Duque of Spain. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev, lower right in blue, and backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur stop and pose for photos after having completed their final inspection of the Soyuz spacecraft at buidling 254, Saturday, October 9, 2004, at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 10 is scheduled to launch October 14 on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, and backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Brazil’s first astronaut in space, Marcos C. Pontes smiles as he exchanges greetings with some of the crowd on hand in the steppes of Kazakhstan to meet him and the two Expedition 12 crewmembers returning to Earth from the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft, Sunday April 9, 2006. Pontes spent a little over a week onboard the orbital outpost. Returning with Pontes were Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, and backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-92 crew members discuss the Pressurized Mating Adapter -3 in the background with workers from Boeing. At the far left is Mission Specialist William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr.; facing the camera are Pilot Pamela A. Melroy and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata, who represents the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). Also participating are other crew members Commander Brian Duffy and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao (Ph.D.), Peter J.K. "Jeff" Wisoff (Ph.D.), Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr. The crew are taking part in a Leak Seal Kit Fit Check. The mission payload also includes an integrated truss structure (Z-1 truss). Launch of STS-92 is scheduled for Feb. 24, 2000
October 14, 2003. Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur (left) and prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale raise the American flag outside the Cosmonaut Hotel Oct. 14, 2003 in a traditional ceremony as preparations continue for the launch Saturday of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to carry Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station.. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, far left, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, far right, are lead by an instructor for early morning exercises on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov foreground left, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, background left, go for an early morning jog on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
From left to right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur talk to the press from behind glass one day prior to their scheduled launch of the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew docked to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crewmembers, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
October 14, 2003. Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale (right) is joined by his backup, Bill McArthur outside the Cosmonaut Hotel Oct. 14, 2003 for the traditional raising of the flags of the crewmembers who will launch Saturday on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station. European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque (left) and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri (second from left), who will launch with Foale, raise the flags of Spain and Russia outside their hotel.. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, foregroung left, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, background right, go for an early morning jog on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
October 14, 2003. Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur (left) and prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale raise the American flag outside the Cosmonaut Hotel Oct. 14, 2003 in a traditional ceremony as preparations continue for the launch Saturday of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to carry Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
From left to right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur are lead by an instructor for early morning exercises on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JSC2003-E-59139 (15 October 2003) --- Astronauts C. Michael Foale (right) and William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., prime and backup Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer, respectively, practice procedures with a satellite phone during final training at their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on October 18 onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). Foale will be joined for launch by cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The flags of the United States of America, the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan are seen after the ceremonial flag raising ceremony. Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur patricipated in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
From Left to Right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur report to space officials on the results of the dress rehearsal of their launch activities, Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Valery I. Tokarev, Soyuz Commander and Expedition 12 Flight Engineer, exchanges greetings with some of the crowd on hand in the steppes of Kazakhstan to meet the three crewmembers returning to Earth from the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Tokarev were Expedition 12 Commander Space Station Science Officer Bill McArthur and Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes representing the Braizil Space Agency, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS012-E-16162 (18 Jan. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, configures the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) facility to prepare for the installation and activation of the Protein Crystal Growth Monitoring by Digital Holographic Microscope (PromISS) experiment in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station.
Principal of Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Mary Begley, greets NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., center, and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
ISS012-E-16245 (19 Jan. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, configures the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) facility to prepare for the installation and activation of the Protein Crystal Growth Monitoring by Digital Holographic Microscope (PromISS) experiment in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station.
ISS012-E-12641 (16 Dec. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, stows the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD) hardware after conducting test operations. SLAMMD hardware was stowed in a stowage drawer on the Human Research Facility (HRF) rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
NASA’s 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)