
S96-19502 (13 Sept 1996) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, 1996 ASCAN/pilot.

Photo Date: 11-13-09 Location: Shuttle Training Aircraft Subject: STS129 Crew Training - commander Charles Hobaugh during STA Training Photographer: Dick Clark

Photo Date: 11-13-09 Location: Shuttle Training Aircraft Subject: STS129 Crew Training - commander Charles Hobaugh during STA Training Photographer: Dick Clark

Photo Date: 11-13-09 Location: Shuttle Training Aircraft Subject: STS129 Crew Training - commander Charles Hobaugh during STA Training Photographer: Dick Clark

Photo Date: 11-13-09 Location: Shuttle Training Aircraft Subject: STS129 Crew Training - commander Charles Hobaugh during STA Training Photographer: Dick Clark

Photo Date: 11-13-09 Location: Shuttle Training Aircraft Subject: STS129 Crew Training - commander Charles Hobaugh during STA Training Photographer: Dick Clark

STS-129 crew members from left, Robert Satcher, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Barry Wilmore, Commander Charles Hobaugh and Leland Melvin pose with a group of White House Fellows at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

STS-129 crew members from left, Robert Satcher, Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Barry Wilmore, Commander Charles Hobaugh and Leland Melvin pose with a group of White House Fellows at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

Crew members from STS-129 from left; Charles Hobaugh, Commander, Barry Wilmore, Pilot, Mission Specialists, Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnick, Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher, are seen, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, during a presentation to staff and middle school students from the Congressional Schools of Virginia at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston -- JSC2007-E-05835 -- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, commander

JSC2001-00012 (January 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 pilot, floats in a small life raft during an emergency egress training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Hobaugh will join four other astronauts for a June mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

S129-E-006489 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (bottom), STS-129 commander; and Mike Foreman, mission specialist, are pictured on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities. Hobaugh is exercising on a bicycle ergometer.

JSC2001-00026 (January 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 pilot, floats in water during an emergency egress training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Hobaugh will join four other astronauts for a June mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

S129-E-006574 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander, occupies the commander?s station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day three activities.

STS104-326-005 (12-24 July 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 pilot, prepares to do some work at the recently-fashioned computer network station on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

S129-E-006312 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander, uses a still camera on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

S129-E-006551 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander, occupies the commander?s station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day three activities.

JSC2001-E-22795 (25 July 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 pilot, addresses a crowd at Ellington Field’s Hangar 990 for a crew return ceremony.

S129-E-006216 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander, is pictured on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

S129-E-006219 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander, is pictured on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

S129-E-006555 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander, occupies the commander?s station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day three activities.

S129-E-007126 (20 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander, uses a communication system on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station.

S129-E-006271 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander, eats a snack on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

S129-E-008340 (24 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander, is pictured on the middeck of space shuttle Atlantis during flight day nine activities.

JSC2001-00005 (January 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 pilot, watches a crew mate in a life raft during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center (JSC). Hobaugh will join four other astronauts for a June mission with the International Space Station (ISS).

JSC2001-00024 (January 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 pilot, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry garment, awaits the start of a training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center (JSC). Hobaugh will join four other astronauts for a June mission with the International Space Station (ISS).

S129-E-006703 (18 Nov. 2009) --- On Atlantis? middeck, from left, astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, Nicole Stott, Frank De Winne, Robert Thirsk and Jeff Williams discuss their schedule for flight day three activities. De Winne represents the European Space Agency and Thirsk, the Canadian Space Agency. They, along with Williams, are station crew members, while Hobaugh and Stott are members of the STS-129 crew.

JSC2002-E-08145 (1 March 2002) --- Astronaut Charles Hobaugh, standing near the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) console in the Shuttle Flight Control Room of the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center, talks with astronaut Mark L. Polansky (out of frame), STS-109 ascent CAPCOM. They were monitoring the pre-launch situation at the Kennedy Space Center launch site, several hundred miles away. Hobaugh's duties, among others, were to keep up with weather conditions at and around the launch site.

S129-E-006705 (18 Nov. 2009) --- On Atlantis? middeck, from left, astronauts Leland Melvin, Charles Hobaugh, Nicole Stott, Frank De Winne and Jeffrey Williams discuss their roles for flight day three activities. De Winne represents the European Space Agency. DeWinne and Williams are station crew members, while Hobaugh, Melvin and Stott are members of the STS-129 crew.

JSC2000-07282 (17 November 2000)--- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 pilot, is assisted by suit technician Mike Thompson with a training version of the shuttle launch and entry garment at the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Hobaugh, who will join four other astronauts for a June mission with the International Space Station (ISS), shared nearby mockups (out of frame) with his crew mates for a training session dealing with launch and pre-launch issues.

JSC2007-E-06395 (1 Feb. 2007) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-118 pilot, prepares for a flight in a NASA T-38 trainer jet from Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center to Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

STS104-E-5157 (17 July 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 pilot, looks over a reference manual in the Quest Airlock aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

S129-E-006909 (20 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (left), STS-129 commander; and Robert L. Satcher Jr., mission specialist, are pictured near a window in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station.

S129-E-006870 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (left), STS-129 commander; Nicole Stott, mission specialist; and Barry E. Wilmore, pilot, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station after closing the hatch to begin the mission?s first spacewalk.

JSC2001-E-19303 (25 June 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 mission specialist, listen to a question from a news media representative during a pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC).

S129-E-006202 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Leland Melvin (foreground), STS-129 mission specialist; Charles O. Hobaugh, commander; and Barry E. Wilmore, pilot, work on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

STS104-E-5208 (20 July 2001) --- The final closing of the Crew Lock hatch in the Airlock Quest was performed by astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot, prior to the start of the third and final STS-104 space walk. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS104-E-5206 (20 July 2001) --- The final closing of the Crew Lock hatch in the Airlock Quest was performed by astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot, prior to the start of the third and final STS-104 space walk. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

JSC2006-E-45243 (18 Oct. 2006) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-118 pilot, awaits the start of a mission training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

STS104-E-5211 (20 July 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot, checks the new Umbilical Interface Assembly and other hardware in the new Equipment Lock of the Airlock Quest prior to the start of the third and final STS-104 space walk. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS104-E-5218 (20 July 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot, checks the new Umbilical Interface Assembly and other hardware in the new Equipment Lock of the Airlock Quest prior to the start of the third and final STS-104 space walk. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS021-E-032172 (20 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (center), STS-129 commander; along with Leland Melvin (left) and Robert L. Satcher Jr., both mission specialists, are pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station.

S129-E-007132 (20 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (left), STS-129 commander; and Robert L. Satcher Jr., mission specialist, are pictured on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station.

JSC2002-E-08144 (1 March 2002) --- Good news concerning the anticipated launch of STS-109 reaches the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) console in the Shuttle Flight Control Room of the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. From left, astronauts William A. Oefelein, Charles O. Hobaugh and Mark L. Polansky, obviously are pleased with the news, possibly connected to improving weather at the launch site for the Space Shuttle Columbia several hundred miles away in Florida. Astronaut Polansky is ascent CAPCOM and Hobaugh closely monitors the Florida weather for the CAPCOM position.

S129-E-007964 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Expedition 21 and STS-129 crew members gather for a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured are NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (center), STS-129 commander; along with NASA astronauts Mike Foreman (left) and Randy Bresnik, both STS-129 mission specialists.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-104 crew poses in front of the Joint Airlock Module in the Space Station Processing Facility. Standing, left to right, are Pilot Charles Hobaugh, Mission Specialists James Reillly, Janet Kavandi and Michael Gernhardt, and Commander Steven Lindsey. They are at KSC to continue Crew Equipment Interface Test activities such as payload familiarization. The airlock is the primary payload on their mission, scheduled to launch no earlier than June 14, 2001, from Launch Pad 39B

JSC2010-E-080411 (14 May 2010) --- Astronaut Charles Hobaugh, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) for the STS-132 mission, is pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Atlantis? STS-132 launch. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-104 Mission Specialist Michael Gernhardt (left) and Pilot Charles Hobaugh (right) check out the slidewire used during extravehicular activities to keep the astronauts tethered to the orbiter. The STS-104 crew is at KSC to continue Crew Equipment Interface Test activities such as payload familiarization. The Joint Airlock Module is the primary payload on their mission, scheduled to launch no earlier than June 14, 2001, from Launch Pad 39B

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, STS-129 Commander Charles Hobaugh checks the cockpit window in space shuttle Atlantis. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Atlantis' STS-129 mission is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

JSC2001-E-22791 (25 July 2001) --- JSC Acting Director Roy S. Estess introduces the STS-104 crew members to a crowd gathered in Ellington Field’s Hangar 990 during crew return ceremonies. Seated (from left) are Michael L. Gernhardt, James F. Reilly, Janet L. Kavandi, all mission specialists, along with Steven W. Lindsey and Charles O. Hobaugh, mission commander and pilot, respectively.

S129-E-007823 (22 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (left), STS-129 commander; Nicole Stott, mission specialist; Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer; and Barry E. Wilmore, STS-129 pilot, pose for a photo in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station.

S129-E-006643 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh (left), STS-129 commander, briefs his crew on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities. Pictured from the right are astronauts Robert L. Satcher Jr., Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik, all mission specialists. Not pictured are astronauts Barry E. Wilmore, pilot; and Leland Melvin, mission specialist.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Inside Space Shuttle Atlantis, Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh looks at Commander Steven W. Lindsey as they get ready for a simulated countdown exercise. The simulation is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. The launch of Atlantis on mission STS-104 is scheduled July 12. The mission is the 10th flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module and High Pressure Gas Assembly

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-104 Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh arrives at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility to make final preparations for launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis July 12. The mission is the 10th assembly flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module, which will become the primary path for spacewalk entry and departure using both U.S. spacesuits and the Russian Orlan spacesuit for EVA activity

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, STS-129 crew members look over equipment that is part of the mission. At left are Commander Charles Hobaugh and Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik; at right is Pilot Barry Wilmore. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

STS104-337-004 (12-24 July 2001) --- The STS-104 astronauts took a moment from a busy agenda to pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait. In front are astronauts Steven W. Lindsey (left) and Charles O. Hobaugh, commander and pilot, respectively. From left in back are astronauts Michael L. Gernhardt, Janet L. Kavandi and James F. Reilly, all mission specialists.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Members of the STS-104 crew get ready to return to Houston after their successful mission to the International Space Station. Leaving from Patrick Air Force Base are (left to right) Mission Specialist James F. Reilly, Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh and Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt. The crew completed their mission Tuesday, July 24, landing at KSC after 13 days in orbit

JSC2002-E-08143 (1 March 2002) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, seated at the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) console in the Shuttle Flight Control Room of the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center, gives a thumbs up signal, obviously connected to improving weather at the launch site for the Space Shuttle Columbia several hundred miles away in Florida. Astronaut William A. Oefelein is partially obscured in the background.

S104-E-5076 (15 July 2001) --- After completing the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-104 mission, James F. Reilly (left), mission specialist, and Michael L. Gernhardt (right), mission specialist, both wearing Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garments (LCVG's), pose for a picture with Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot, on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

STS104-312-010 (12-24 July 2001) --- While two crew mates moved around outside the shuttle on one of three space walks to perform work on the International Space Station (ISS), these three astronauts supported the extravehicular activity (EVA) chores from inside the crew cabin of the Atlantis. They are, from the left, Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot; Janet L. Kavandi, flight engineer and mission specialist; and Steven W. Lindsey, commander.

JSC2001-E-19296 (25 June 2001) --- Astronauts James F. Reilly (left), Janet L. Kavandi, Michael L. Gernhardt, all STS-104 mission specialists; along with Charles O. Hobaugh and Steven W. Lindsey, pilot and mission commander, respectively, are photographed during a pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC).

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During crew equipment interface test activities at KSC, STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh looks out the starboard cockpit window of orbiter Endeavour, which is in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. The STS-118 mission will be delivering the third starboard truss segment, the ITS S5, to the International Space Station, as well as the SPACEHAB single cargo module filled with supplies and equipment. Launch aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour is targeted for Aug. 9. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

JSC2001-00083 (January 2001) --- Several members of the STS-104 crew, assisted by suit technician Jim Cheatham, don training versions of the full-pressure launch and entry suit prior to a training session in one of the trainer/mockups (out of frame) in the Johnson Space Center’s Systems Integration Facility. Pictured (from right foreground) are astronauts James F. Reilly, Janet L. Kavandi, Michael L. Gernhardt, and Charles O. Hobaugh.

S129-E-007954 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Expedition 21 and STS-129 crew members gather for a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander; NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander; Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Leland Melvin and Robert L. Satcher Jr., all STS-129 mission specialists.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh looks at equipment in the Space Station Processing Facility. She and other crew members are at KSC to become familiar with equipment for their mission. The mission will be delivering the third starboard truss segment, the ITS S5, to the International Space Station, and a SPACEHAB Single Cargo Module with supplies and equipment. Launch date is under review.

S129-E-006872 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (top left), STS-129 commander; Barry E. Wilmore (bottom right), pilot; Leland Melvin and Nicole Stott, both mission specialists, pose for a photo in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station after closing the hatch to begin the mission?s first spacewalk.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After their arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility, the STS-104 crew takes time to pose for a photo. Standing, left to right, are Mission Specialist Janet Kavandi, Pilot Charles Hobaugh, Commander Steven Lindsey, and Mission Specialists Michael Gernhardt and James Reilly. They are at KSC to continue Crew Equipment Interface Test activities such as payload familiarization. The airlock is the primary payload on their mission, scheduled to launch no earlier than June 14, 2001, from Launch Pad 39B

JSC2001-E-06410 (27 February 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot, is assisted in his suiting process by suit technician Mike Thompson, and astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, mission specialist, during mission training at the Johnson Space Center’s Systems Integration Facility. The STS-104 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) represents the Space Shuttle Atlantis' first flight using a new engine and is targeted for a liftoff no earlier than June 14, 2001.

JSC2010-E-080432 (14 May 2010) --- Astronaut Charles Hobaugh, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) for the STS-132 mission, is pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Atlantis? STS-132 launch. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2010-E-080410 (14 May 2010) --- Astronauts Steve Frick (standing) and Charles Hobaugh, both spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) for the STS-132 mission, are pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Atlantis? STS-132 launch. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-104 Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh (seated) is helped with suit check. He and other crew members are making final preparations for launch July 12 from Launch Pad 39B. Mission STS-104 is the 10th assembly flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module, which will become the primary path for spacewalk entry and departure using both U.S. spacesuits and the Russian Orlan spacesuit for EVA activity

S129-E-006812 (19 Nov. 2009) --- In the Quest airlock, astronauts Mike Foreman (left) and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (right), STS-129 mission specialists, get ready for their flight day four space walk, as astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (second left), commander, and Leland Melvin, mission specialist, stay close at hand to assist them.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-104 Mission Specialist Michael Gernhardt (left) and Pilot Charles Hobaugh (center) check out equipment in the payload bay of Atlantis. The STS-104 crew is at KSC to continue Crew Equipment Interface Test activities such as payload familiarization. The Joint Airlock Module is the primary payload on their mission, scheduled to launch no earlier than June 14, 2001, from Launch Pad 39B

JSC2001-E-06424 (27 February 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot, prepares to rehearse emergency egress during mission training in one of the high fidelity trainers/mockups in the Systems Integration Facility at Johnson Space Center (JSC). The STS-104 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) represents the Space Shuttle Atlantis' first flight using a new engine and is targeted for a liftoff no earlier than June 14, 2001.

STS104-S-002 (May 2001) --- These five astronauts are currently in training for the STS-104 mission, scheduled for a June 2001 liftoff. Seated with the crew insignia are astronauts Steven W. Lindsey (right), mission commander; and Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot. Standing, from left, are astronauts Michael L. Gernhardt, Janet L. Kavandi and James F. Reilly, all mission specialists.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During crew equipment interface test activities at KSC, STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh checks the cockpit windshield of orbiter Endeavour, which is in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. The STS-118 mission will be delivering the third starboard truss segment, the ITS S5, to the International Space Station, as well as the SPACEHAB single cargo module filled with supplies and equipment. Launch aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour is targeted for Aug. 9. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, STS-129 crew members open some of the equipment that will be used on the mission. From left are Mission Specialist Leland Melvin, Commander Charles Hobaugh and Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

S129-E-006642 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh (right), STS-129 commander, briefs his crew on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities. Pictured from the left are astronauts Mike Foreman, Robert L. Satcher Jr., both mission specialists; Barry E. Wilmore, pilot; and Leland Melvin, mission specialist. Not pictured is astronaut Randy Bresnik, mission specialist.

JSC2001-E-10917 (13 April 2001) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot, training for extravehicular activity (EVA), prepares to enter a deep pool of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The STS-104 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) represents the Space Shuttle Atlantis' first flight using a new engine and is targeted for a liftoff no earlier than June 14, 2001.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the STS-118 crew look over equipment in the Space Station Processing Facility. Second from left is Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, next is Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan. The mission will be delivering the third starboard truss segment, the ITS S5, to the International Space Station, and a SPACEHAB Single Cargo Module with supplies and equipment. Launch aboard Space Shuttle Columbia is scheduled for Nov. 13, 2003.

JSC2001-E-22794 (25 July 2001) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, STS-104 mission commander, addresses a crowd at Ellington Field’s Hangar 990 for a crew return ceremony. Seated from the left are Michael L. Gernhardt, James F. Reilly, both mission specialist, and Roy S. Estess, JSC Acting Director, along with Janet L. Kavandi, mission specialist, and Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, STS-129 crew members get a close look at the tiles on the underside of space shuttle Atlantis. At left are Pilot Barry Wilmore and Commander Charles Hobaugh. At right are Mission Specialists Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Atlantis' STS-129 mission is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh (left) and Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan look over part of the mission payload. At right is a technician. Morgan was selected by NASA in January 1998 as the first Educator Astronaut. The mission will be delivering the third starboard truss segment, the ITS S5, to the International Space Station, and a SPACEHAB Single Cargo Module with supplies and equipment. Launch aboard Space Shuttle Columbia is scheduled for Nov. 13, 2003.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, STS-129 Commander Charles Hobaugh checks the cockpit window in space shuttle Atlantis. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Atlantis' STS-129 mission is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

STS118-S-002 (May 2007) --- These seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-118 crew portrait. Pictured from the left are astronauts Richard A. (Rick) Mastracchio, mission specialist; Barbara R. Morgan, mission specialist; Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot; Scott J. Kelly, commander; Tracy E. Caldwell, Canadian Space Agency's Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams, and Alvin Drew Jr., all mission specialists. The crewmembers are attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-118 crew members look over parts of the mission payload, the control moment gyroscope, at SPACEHAB during crew equipment interface test activities. Seen here are Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan and Pilot Charles Hobaugh. The crew comprises Commander Scott Kelly, Hobaugh, and Mission Specialists Dr. Dafydd Williams, Morgan, Richard Mastracchio, Tracy Caldwell and Benjamin Drew. Williams is with the Canadian Space Agency. The STS-118 mission will be delivering the third starboard truss segment, the ITS S5, to the International Space Station, and a SPACEHAB Single Cargo module with supplies and equipment. Launch aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour is targeted for August. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-129 Commander Charles O. Hobaugh, at right, takes his crew and instructor for a ride in an M113 armored personnel carrier during driving practice. Left of Hobaugh is the instructor, Battalion Chief George Hoggard. The M113 is kept at the foot of the launch pad in case an emergency egress from the vicinity of the pad is needed. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Launch of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for Nov. 16. For information on the STS-129 mission objectives and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

STS104-E-5177 (20 July 2001) --- Seven astronauts and a cosmonaut representing Rosaviakosmos take a break in joint activities involving the Expedition Two and STS-104 crews to pose for an in-flight portrait in the newly delivered Quest Airlock on the International Space Station (ISS). Flanked by two extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suits, Charles O. Hobaugh is in front. On the second row are, from the left, James F. Reilly, Steven W. Lindsey, Yury V. Usachev and Michael L. Gernhardt. In the rear are Janet L. Kavandi, James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms. Usachev, commander; along with Voss and Helms, both flight engineers, comprise the Expedition Two crew. Lindsey is STS-104 commander, with Hobaugh serving as pilot. Kavandi, STS-104 flight engineer, is joined by Gernhardt and Reilly as mission specialists on the mission. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-118 crew members look over parts of the mission payload, the control moment gyroscope, at SPACEHAB during crew equipment interface test activities. Seen here are Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan (left) and Pilot Charles Hobaugh (center). The crew comprises Commander Scott Kelly, Hobaugh, and Mission Specialists Dr. Dafydd Williams, Morgan, Richard Mastracchio, Tracy Caldwell and Benjamin Drew. Williams is with the Canadian Space Agency. The STS-118 mission will be delivering the third starboard truss segment, the ITS S5, to the International Space Station, and a SPACEHAB Single Cargo module with supplies and equipment. Launch aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour is targeted for August. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

STS104-E-5178 (20 July 2001) --- Seven astronauts and a cosmonaut representing Rosaviakosmos take a break in joint activities involving the Expedition Two and STS-104 crews to pose for an inflight portrait in the newly delivered Quest Airlock on the International Space Station (ISS). Charles O. Hobaugh is in front. On the second row are, from the left, James F. Reilly, Steven W. Lindsey, Yury V. Usachev and Michael L. Gernhardt. In the rear are astronauts Janet L. Kavandi, James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms. Usachev, commander; along with Voss and Helms, both flight engineers, comprise the Expediton Two crew. Lindsey is STS-104 commander, with Hobaugh serving as pilot. Kavandi, STS-104 flight engineer, is joined by Gernhardt and Reilly as mission specialists on the mission. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS021-E-029853 (18 Nov. 2009) --- STS-129 and Expedition 21 crew members are pictured shortly after Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station docked in space and the hatches were opened on Nov. 18, 2009. Pictured are NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (left foreground), STS-129 commander; Jeffrey Williams (right foreground), Expedition 21 flight engineer; Barry E. Wilmore (right, with camera), STS-129 pilot; Mike Foreman (left background) and Randy Bresnik, both STS-129 mission specialists.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-129 Commander Charles O. Hobaugh pilots a T-38 jet to a stop at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission have arrived at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Launch of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for November. For information on the STS-129 mission objectives and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

JSC2006-E-43768 (4 Oct. 2006) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, astronauts Scott J. Kelly (left), STS-118 commander; Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot; Tracy E. Caldwell and Richard A. (Rick) Mastracchio, mission specialists; Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams, mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency; Barbara R. Morgan, mission specialist; and Clayton C. Anderson, Expedition 15 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer; await the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-E-06399 (27 February 2001) --- Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (center foreground), pilot, and Michael L. Gernhardt (right), mission specialist, assisted by crew trainer Ken Trujillo, rehearse emergency egress procedures in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The crew will use a training version of the launch escape pole which is now carried onboard for all shuttle flights. The STS-104 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) represents the Space Shuttle Atlantis' first flight using a new engine and is targeted for a liftoff no earlier than June 14, 2001.

S129-E-007150 (20 Nov. 2009) --- Eight of the 12 crew members currently on the International Space Station pose for a photo at the galley in the Unity node while Space Shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured from the left are NASA astronauts Leland Melvin, Robert L. Satcher Jr., both STS-129 mission specialists; Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander; Nicole Stott, STS-129 mission specialist; Russian cosmonauts Roman Romanenko and Maxim Suraev and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, all Expedition 21 flight engineers; and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-104 crew pauses during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities to pose for a group photo. Standing left to right are Mission Specialist Janet Lynn Kavandi, Commander Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialists James F. Reilly and Michael L. Gernhardt, and Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh. The TCDT includes emergency exit training from the orbiter, opportunities to inspect their mission payloads in the orbiter’s payload bay and simulated countdown exercises. The launch of Atlantis on mission STS-104 is scheduled July 12 from Launch Pad 39B. The mission is the 10th flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module

Endeavour's payload bay is open for payload configuration work in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2. The orbiter is the vehicle designated for mission STS-118, scheduled to launch in late June. The mission will continue space station construction by delivering a third starboard truss segment, S5, as well as carrying the External Stowage Platform 3. The crew comprises six astronauts: Commander Scott Kelly, Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Dr. Dafydd (Dave) Williams, Barbara Morgan, Richard Mastracchio and Tracy Caldwell. Williams represents the Canadian Space Agency.

STS104-326-007 (12-24 July 2001) --- The two STS-104 space walkers show their appreciation for the helpful hand of astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot, following a space walk. Astronauts Michael L. Gernhardt (left) and James F. Reilly are wearing the thermal undergarments for the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit. On the first two of their three space walks, the two mission specialists exited from the shuttle airlock (pictured). The crew had brought up and installed the new Quest airlock, which was used for suit-up up and egress for the third and final EVA.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Atlantis prepares to land on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility to complete a 12-day, 18-hour, 34-minute-long STS-104 mission. Main gear touchdown occurred at 11:38:55 p.m. EDT. At the controls is Commander Steven W. Lindsey. Other crew members on board are Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Michael Gernhardt, Janet Lynn Kavandi and James F. Reilly. This is the 18th nighttime landing for a Space Shuttle, the 13th at Kennedy Space Center. The mission delivered the Joint Airlock Module to the International Space Station, completing the second phase of the assembly of the Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-129 Commander Charles O. Hobaugh prepares to drive an M113 armored personnel carrier. The M113 is kept at the foot of the launch pad in case an emergency egress from the vicinity of the pad is needed. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Launch of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for Nov. 16. For information on the STS-129 mission objectives and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett