NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, center, wife Rebecca, right, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli tour the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, right, and his wife Rebecca tour the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, right, and his wife Rebecca tour the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and wife Rebecca tour the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik is seen inside the Vehicle Assemby Building, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik poses for a portrait infront of the Crew Access Arm of the mobile launcher, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik poses for a photo with a Marine after speaking to them about his time onboard the International Space Station, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik signs photos after speaking to Marines about his time onboard the International Space Station, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik stands on the center point after a tour of the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik speaks to a Marine about his time onboard the International Space Station after a tour of the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik speaks to Marines about his time onboard the International Space Station after a tour of the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik speaks to Marines about his time onboard the International Space Station after a tour of the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik visits the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Laboratory inside Swamp Works at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, to view some of the evolving technologies in development that astronauts may use to explore the Moon’s surface, prepare it for sustainable outposts, and to handle the dust that is collected during moonwalks.
NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Randy Bresnik are seen inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik thanks Marines for the tour of the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, right, shakes hands with Colonel Tyler Zagurski, Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Barracks, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik signs the guest book before touring the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik presents Colonel Tyler Zagurski, Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Barracks, with a montage from his Expedition 53, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, pose for a photo outside the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, right, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, left, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli answer questions about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, right, and his friend Shiela, center, present the principle of the school Dr. Beth Reaves, with a montage of images and items from Expedition 53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli answer questions about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
A student asks NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik a question about his time onboard the International Space Station, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli answer questions about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik (left) and Jessica Watkins (center) visit the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Laboratory inside Swamp Works at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, to view some of the evolving technologies in development that astronauts may use to explore the Moon’s surface, prepare it for sustainable outposts, and to handle the dust that is collected during moonwalks.
NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik (center) and Jessica Watkins (right) visit the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Laboratory inside Swamp Works at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, to view some of the evolving technologies in development that astronauts may use to explore the Moon’s surface, prepare it for sustainable outposts, and to handle the dust that is collected during moonwalks. Bresnick holds an instrument designed to help astronauts electromagnetically remove accumulated lunar dust.
NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik and Jessica Watkins visit the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Laboratory inside Swamp Works at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, to view some of the evolving technologies in development that astronauts may use to explore the Moon’s surface, prepare it for sustainable outposts, and to handle the dust that is collected during moonwalks.
NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik (far left) and Jessica Watkins (center) visit the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Laboratory inside Swamp Works at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, to view some of the evolving technologies in development that NASA astronauts may use to explore the Moon’s surface, prepare it for sustainable outposts, and to handle the dust that is collected during moonwalks. Watkins holds an instrument designed to help astronauts electromagnetically remove accumulated lunar dust.
NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Randy Bresnik visit the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Laboratory inside Swamp Works at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, to view some of the evolving technologies in development that astronauts may use to explore the Moon’s surface, prepare it for sustainable outposts, and to handle the dust that is collected during moonwalks.
NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik (left) and Jessica Watkins (center) visit the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Laboratory inside Swamp Works at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, to view some of the evolving technologies in development that astronauts may use to explore the Moon’s surface, prepare it for sustainable outposts, and to handle the dust that is collected during moonwalks.
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli speak about their time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, right, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, left, speak to Marines about their time onboard the International Space Station after touring the Home of the Commandants of the Marine Corps, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, second from right, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, right, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, left, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik's wife Rebecca and her friend Shiela present the Washington School for Girls a necklace that was flown in space onboard the International Space Station, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. The necklace is a graduation gift for each student when they complete 8th grade. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, second from right, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, are introduced by STEM in 30's Marty Kelsey before speaking about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, left, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, present Marty Kelsey, second from right, and Beth Wilson, of STEM in 30 with their sticker that flew in space onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik examines a heat-resistant tile sample inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tour on Feb. 12, 2019. Bresnik also viewed additional spaceflight hardware being processed for Exploration Mission-1 and Exploration Mission-2.
s129e007272 (November 21, 2017) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik works outside the space station’s Columbus laboratory module during a spacewalk in November 2009. Bresnik last visited the station aboard space shuttle Atlantis during the STS-129 mission.
PHOTO DATE: 08/24/09 LOCATION: Bldg 7/SSATA Chamber SUBJECT: SSATA Crew Training and EMU Verification for STS-129 crew member Randy Bresnik during suited dry run PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett
PHOTO DATE: 08/24/09 LOCATION: Bldg 7/SSATA Chamber SUBJECT: SSATA Crew Training and EMU Verification for STS-129 crew member Randy Bresnik during suited dry run PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett
PHOTO DATE: 08/24/09 LOCATION: Bldg 7/SSATA Chamber SUBJECT: SSATA Crew Training and EMU Verification for STS-129 crew member Randy Bresnik during suited dry run PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett
PHOTO DATE: 08/24/09 LOCATION: Bldg 7/SSATA Chamber SUBJECT: SSATA Crew Training and EMU Verification for STS-129 crew member Randy Bresnik during suited dry run PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett
S129-E-007019 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, is pictured in the hatch which connects the flight deck and middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day three activities.
S129-E-007259 (21 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, is pictured near the base of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System on the starboard side of the cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis, docked with the International Space Station. Astronauts Bresnik and Mike Foreman were in the midst of the second of three scheduled spacewalks for this shuttle crew, working in cooperation with the five current crewmembers for the orbital outpost and with their five Atlantis crewmates, all of whom pitched in EVA support from inside.
iss053e079156 (Oct. 5, 2017) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei is pictured during a spacewalk to service components on the Canadarm2 robotic arm during a spacewalk with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame).
ISS021-E-030599 (21 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, performs a task on the exterior of the International Space Station during the second spacewalk of the Atlantis’ visit to the orbital outpost.
S129-E-006658 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, exercises on a bicycle ergometer on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day three activities.
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik speaks during the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik speaks during the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
ISS021-E-031645 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
ISS021-E-031628 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
S129-E-008006 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
S129-E-008010 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
ISS021-E-031673 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
S129-E-007213 (21 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, salutes crewmates while positioned near the European Space Agency’s Columbus module on International Space Station. Astronauts Bresnik and Mike Foreman were in the midst of the second of three scheduled spacewalks for this shuttle crew, working in cooperation with the five current crewmembers for the orbital outpost and with their five Atlantis crewmates, all of whom pitched in EVA support from inside
Students listen as NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
ISS021-E-030631 (21 Nov. 2009) --- A close look at the helmet visor of astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, reveals his crewmate, astronaut Mike Foreman, capturing the image with an electronic still camera. The two were in the midst of the second scheduled spacewalk for the Atlantis crew members.
Students listen as NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
S129-E-007821 (22 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, moves into the Unity node from the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station.
S129-E-006255 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, is pictured near a beverage container floating freely on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.
A student raises her hand to ask a question after NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli spoke about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
S129-E-007268 (21 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, performs a task near the European Space Agency’s Columbus module, on the International Space Station during the second space walk of the Atlantis’ visit to the orbital outpost.
Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidate Kayla Barron, second from left, and NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, at right, view the Crew Module for Orion’s Exploration Mission-1 on Feb. 12, 2019.
Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidate Kayla Barron, second from left, and NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, at right, view the European Service Module for Orion’s Exploration Mission-1 on Feb. 12, 2019.
Students listen as NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during expeditions 52/53, Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Washington School for Girls in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik rests in a chair shortly after he and 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 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)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik is carried to the medical tent shortly after he and 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)
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)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik rests in a chair shortly after he and 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 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA answers a question 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)
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)
S129-E-007227 (21 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik (near the Columbus laboratory), STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, eight-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a Grappling Adaptor to On-Orbit Railing Assembly, or GATOR, on the Columbus laboratory. GATOR contains a ship-tracking antenna system and a HAM radio antenna. They relocated a floating potential measurement unit that gauges electric charges that build up on the station, deployed a Payload Attach System on the space-facing side of the Starboard 3 truss segment and installed a wireless video system that allows spacewalkers to transmit video to the station and relay it to Earth.
S129-E-007756 (21 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik (near the Columbus laboratory), STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, eight-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a Grappling Adaptor to On-Orbit Railing Assembly, or GATOR, on the Columbus laboratory. GATOR contains a ship-tracking antenna system and a HAM radio antenna. They relocated a floating potential measurement unit that gauges electric charges that build up on the station, deployed a Payload Attach System on the space-facing side of the Starboard 3 truss segment and installed a wireless video system that allows spacewalkers to transmit video to the station and relay it to Earth.
S129-E-006221 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, reads his crew notebook on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.
S129-E-008248 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Randy Bresnik (right) and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (top left), both STS-129 mission specialists, participate in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and Satcher removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine meets with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, right, Bresnik's wife Rebecca and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, meets with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, Bresnik's wife Rebecca, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
S129-E-009177 (25 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, is pictured onboard the space shuttle Atlantis shortly before the shuttle and the station began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:53 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 25, 2009. Some scenes in the series show parts of the Mediterranean Sea and Africa and Spain in the background.
Astronaut candidate Kayla Barron, second from left, and NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik tour the high bay inside the Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 12, 2019. Behind them is the Orion pressure vessel for Exploration Mission-2. Work is in progress to prepare Orion for its crewed mission launching on the Space Launch System rocket.
Students from the audience gesture toward the camera at the beginning of the STEM in 30 program where NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli spoke about their time onboard the International Space Station, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and astronaut candidate Kayla Barron examine heat-resistant tile samples inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tour on Feb. 12, 2019. They also viewed additional spaceflight hardware being processed for Exploration Mission-1 and Exploration Mission-2.
Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA is seen holding documents inside the Soyuz Capsule after having landed with Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos 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 astronaut Randy Bresnik is helped out of the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft just minutes after he, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, landed 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 astronaut Randy Bresnik is helped out of the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft just minutes after he, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, landed 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 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)
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)
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 astronaut Randy Bresnik is helped out of the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft just minutes after he, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, landed 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)