Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi answers questions from behind glass during a press conference on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Press Conference
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden poses in front of the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery while on a tour at the Museum of Flight on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Bolden Tours Seattle Museum of Flight
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt are seen in quarantine behind glass during the State Commission meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 State Commission
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt are seen in quarantine behind glass as they pose for photographs on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Press Conference
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt answer questions from behind glass during a press conference on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Press Conference
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi plays a game of backgammon at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Relaxes
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, is seen with former NASA astronaut John Creighton in the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery while on a tour at the Museum of Flight on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Bolden Tours Seattle Museum of Flight
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, is seen with former NASA astronaut John Creighton in the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery while on a tour at the Museum of Flight on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Bolden Tours Seattle Museum of Flight
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, is seen with Doug King, president and CEO of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013.  Bolden toured the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery at the museum.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Bolden Tours Seattle Museum of Flight
American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi is taken in his chair to the medical tent near the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft where the recovery officials conduct post-landing medical checks, Friday, April 21, 2007 in Kazakhstan.  Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi landed in their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 14 Landing
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi participates in the spin chair training at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Training
Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, left, and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi exercise at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Training
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi smiles to family and friends in the suit up room of building 254, Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt along with the backup crew and flight doctors walk the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Training
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, background, and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi walk with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka to the base of the Soyuz rocket prior to launch on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, background, are seen through a quarantine windowed room as they participate in Soyuz rendezvous and docking training at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Training
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi and Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, foreground, along with cosmonaut instructors are seen through a quarantine windowed room as they participate in Soyuz rendezvous and docking training at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Training
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi talks with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka as he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, third from left, is seen as he is escorted on a tour of the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery at the Museum of Flight, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington.  Bolden is joined by Washington Aerospace Scholars Alec Lindsey, far left, Brenna Tuller-Ross and Doug King, far right, president and CEO of the museum.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Bolden Tours Seattle Museum of Flight
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, third from left, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, backup commander Jeffrey Williams and backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, far right, answer questions from behind glass during a press conference on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Press Conference
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, seated left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, seated center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt don their Russian Sokol suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt don their Russian Sokol suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, left, Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi pose for a photograph after the traditional tree planting ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Ceremony
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi dons his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt salute officials prior to boarding the bus that will take them to the Soyuz launch pad on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit:  NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt don their Russian Sokol suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, left, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, right, and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, 2nd row right, along with cosmonaut instructors are seen through a quarantine windowed room as they participate in Soyuz rendezvous and docking training at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Training
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt raises his arm to the crowd of well wishers as he and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, and Commander Gennady I. Padalka depart the Cosmonaut hotel and board the bus that will take them to building 254 in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, 3rd from left, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, 4th from left, and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, far right, along with cosmonaut instructors are seen through a quarantine windowed room as they participate in Soyuz rendezvous and docking training at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Training
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 19 prime and backup crew from left, backup Spaceflight Participant Esther Dyson, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, Backup Commander Jeffrey Williams, Commander Gennady I. Padalka, backup Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi look at teh view from the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Relaxes
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, seated left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, seated center, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, seated right, backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, standing left, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, standing center, and backup commander Jeffrey Williams prepare to talk with space agency officials prior to the launch on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, right, sit in chairs in near their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft at their landing site as landing and recovery officials conduct post-landing medical checks, Friday, April 21, 2007 in Kazakhstan.  The Soyuz spacecraft landed southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 14 Landing
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, waving on left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt depart the Cosmonaut hotel and board the bus that will take them to building 254 in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, third from left, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, backup commander Jeffrey Williams and backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, far right, are seen in quarantine behind glass during the State Commission meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 State Commission
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt walk out of building 254 to salute officials prior to boarding the bus that will take them to the Soyuz launch pad on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, seated left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, seated center, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, seated right, backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, standing left, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, standing center, and backup commander Jeffrey Williams are seen in the suit up room at building 254 on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, seated foreground, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, seated center, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, seated background, backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, standing foreground, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, standing center, and backup commander Jeffrey Williams prepare to talk with space agency officials prior to the launch on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Michelle Barratt wishes her husband, NASA Astronaut Michael Barratt, a happy wedding anniversary via phone to the International Space Station from the Russian Mission Control Center, Korolev, Russia, Saturday, March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station and delivered Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
The crews of Expedition 18 and 19 are seen on a large TV screen in the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, Saturday, March 28, 2009 shortly after the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station and delivered Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
ISS018-E-044788 (29 March 2009) --- U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi is pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
Simonyi in Node 2 Harmony
ISS018-E-043438 (29 March 2009) --- U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi floats in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
Simonyi in Node 2 Harmony
ISS018-E-044276 (28 March 2009) --- U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi ingresses the International Space Station after arriving onboard a Soyuz spacecraft with two Expedition 19 crewmembers (out of frame).
Expedition 19 Crew Arrival at Service Module (SM)
ISS014-E-20089 (21 April 2007) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left), Expedition 15 commander; U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, and cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, flight engineer, pause for a photograph in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during preparations for Simonyi's return to Earth. Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.
Simonyi and Expedition 15 crew in the Zvezda Service module
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt waves goodbye to his family from the bus that will take him, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the Soyuz launch pad on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka waves hello to members of the media as he and Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi prepare to take the elevator to the top of the Soyuz rocket on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi receives the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
ISS018-E-044302 (1 April 2009) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (right), Expedition 18 commander; cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (center), Expedition 18 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi pose for a photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
Expedition 18 / 19 Crew Photo in Node 2 Harmony
The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch
Members of the State Commission meet to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 State Commission
ISS018-E-044291 (1 April 2009) --- Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19 commander; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (right), Expedition 19 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi pose for a photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
Expedition 18 / 19 Crew Photo in Node 2 Harmony
Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka receives the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka is helped into a seat where his suit will be pressure checked in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
JSC2009-E-049823 (February 2009) --- U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training with the Expedition 19 crew in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
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The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt receives the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
ISS018-E-044277 (28 March 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke (foreground), Expedition 18 commander, welcomes U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi as he ingresses the International Space Station after arriving onboard a Soyuz spacecraft with two Expedition 19 crewmembers (out of frame).
Expedition 19 Crew Arrival at Service Module (SM)
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi land in their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time, Friday, April 21, 2007.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 14 Landing
JSC2009-E-049977 (February 2009) --- U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training with the Expedition 19 crew in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
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Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi land in their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time, Friday, April 21, 2007.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 14 Landing
The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi land in their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time, Friday, April 21, 2007.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 14 Landing
ISS018-E-044292 (1 April 2009) --- Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19 commander; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (right), Expedition 19 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi pose for a photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
Expedition 18 / 19 Crew Photo in Node 2 Harmony
The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch
The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt is helped into a seat where his suit will be pressure checked in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 State Commission
ISS014-E-20132 (April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module. Pictured (left to right) are U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi; astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer; and cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency.
Expedition 14 and 15 crew share a meal
JSC2007-E-20479 (21 April 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft floats to a landing southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time on April 21, 2007. Onboard were astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo credit: NASA
Expedition 14 Landing
Managers from NASA, Roscosmos, RSC-Energia, TsNIIMash and other related agencies answer reporters questions during a Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Saturday March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
Valery Grin, Deputy Head of State Commission, talks on the phone to the six crew members onboard the International Space Station from the Russian Mission Control Center, Korolev, Russia, Saturday, March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station and delivered Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
JSC2007-E-20476 (21 April 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft floats to a landing southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time on April 21, 2007. Onboard were astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo credit: NASA
Expedition 14 Landing
JSC2009-E-049820 (February 2009) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19/20 commander; astronaut Michael Barratt (right), Expedition 19/20 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi join hands as they pose for a portrait in Star City, Russia. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
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Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Mike Hawes, NASA's Acting Associate Administrator, talks on the phone to the six crew members onboard the International Space Station from the Russian Mission Control Center, Korolev, Russia, Saturday, March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station and delivered Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
ISS018-E-043629 (28 March 2009) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left), Expedition 19 flight engineer; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18/19 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi pose for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
Padalka and Simonyi in service module (SM)
International Space Station deputy program manager, Kirk Shireman, speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 State Commission
Alexei Krasnov, Director of Manned Space Programs Department, Roscosmos, answers reporters questions during a Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Saturday March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
A large TV screen in Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shows Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, right, welcoming Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt onboard the International Space Station after he fellow crew members Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi docked their Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
JSC2009-E-049974 (February 2009) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19/20 commander; astronaut Michael Barratt (right), Expedition 19/20 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
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Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Vitaly Lopota, President, General Designer, RSC-Energia, answers reporters questions during a Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Saturday March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
Managers from NASA, Roscosmos, RSC-Energia and other related agencies answer reporters questions during a Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Saturday March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Russian Orthodox Priest, Vladyka Feofan speaks during a Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Saturday March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
Vladimir Solovyov, Chief Flight Director, MCC-M, answers reporters questions during a Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Saturday March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
JSC2009-E-049822 (February 2009) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (left), Expedition 19/20 commander; astronaut Michael Barratt (right), Expedition 19/20 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
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JSC2007-E-20477 (21 April 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft floats to a landing southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time on April 21, 2007. Onboard were astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo credit: NASA
Expedition 14 Landing
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt listens to instructions prior to having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Mike Hawes, NASA's Acting Associate Administrator, left, looks on as Kirk Shireman, NASA's deputy ISS program manager, answers reporters questions during a Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Saturday March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt is seen on the bus outside the Cosmonaut Hotel as he, Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi depart the hotel for building 254 where they will don their flights suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Michelle Barratt, 3rd from left, claps as she watches her husband, NASA Astronaut Mike Barratt, enter the International Space Station live on TV from the Russia Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, Saturday, March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin is taken in his chair to the medical tent near the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft where the recovery officials conduct post-landing medical checks, Friday, April 21, 2007 in Kazakhstan.  Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi landed in their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 14 Landing
Russian Sokol suit technicians talk with Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt about his glasses as he and fellow crew member Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka don their Sokol flights suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
JSC2007-E-15241 (April 2007) --- Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station following scheduled activities of April 9, 2007. This angle shows the port side of the orbiting complex. Soyuz 14 (TMA-10), carrying the Expedition 15 crew and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, docks to the Zarya Module nadir port. Progress 24 resupply vehicle remains linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment.
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Vladimir Solovyov, Chief Flight Director, MCC-M, answers reporters questions during a Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Saturday March 28, 2009. The Soyuz TMA-14 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Docks to ISS
JSC2009-E-049821 (February 2009) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19/20 commander; astronaut Michael Barratt (right), Expedition 19/20 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
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The prime and backup crew buses drive under police escort to building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome where Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi will don their Russian Sokol suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day