S90-45388 (August 1990) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, mission specialist.

ISS010-E-05598 (31 October 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, floats in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

STS072-320-004 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- On the Space Shuttle Endeavour's middeck, astronaut Leroy Chiao checks equipment for his upcoming extravehicular activity (EVA). Chiao later joined astronaut Daniel T. Barry for the first of two EVA sessions.

S98-01237 (1 Dec 1997) --- Astronaut Leroy J. Chiao.

ISS010-E-15374 (1 February 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and Space Station science officer, is positioned at the hatchway of the Zvezda Service Module. Chiao is wearing a Russian Sokol suit.

ISS010-E-14759 (24 January 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, poses with his Russian Orlan spacesuit in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station (ISS). Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (out of frame), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, were conducting extravehicular activity (EVA) preparations for the spacewalk scheduled for January 26.

ISS010-E-06019 (6 November 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao (left), Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, and cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, add their crew’;s patch to the Unity node’;s growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-06007 (6 November 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao (left), Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, and cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, add their crew’s patch to the Unity node’s growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-14763 (24 January 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, attired in his Russian Orlan spacesuit, participates in extravehicular activity (EVA) preparations in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station (ISS). The spacewalk is scheduled for January 26.

ISS010-E-15373 (1 February 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and Space Station science officer, stands in the transfer compartment of the Zvezda Service Module. Chiao is wearing a Russian Sokol suit.

ISS010-E-33563 (26 January 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit, participates in the first of two sessions of extravehicular activities (EVA) performed by the Expedition 10 crew during their six-month mission. Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (out of frame), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, spent 5 ½ hours outside the International Space Station (ISS) installing a work platform, cables and robotic and scientific experiments on the exterior of the Zvezda Service Module. Station solar array panels are visible near Chiao. Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space provided the backdrop for the image.

ISS010-E-21093 (22 March 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, appears as a small reflection in a helmet visor in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-16610 (6 February 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, eats a meal in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-15375 (1 February 2005) --- Wearing a Russian Sokol suit, astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, floats in a hatch in the Unity node of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-11145 (16 December 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, poses with holiday decorations in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao receives flowers upon arrival in Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 25, 2005. Chiao, Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori brought their Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to a pre-dawn landing April 25 northeast of the town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station for Chiao and Sharipov, and a ten-day mission for Vittori, who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao signs the inside of the helicopter that will take him back to Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 25, 2005. Chiao, Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori brought their Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to a pre-dawn landing April 25 northeast of the town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station for Chiao and Sharipov, and a ten-day mission for Vittori, who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS010-E-33564 (26 January 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit, participates in the first of two sessions of extravehicular activities (EVA) performed by the Expedition 10 crew during their six-month mission. Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (out of frame), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, spent 5 ½ hours outside the International Space Station (ISS) installing a work platform, cables and robotic and scientific experiments on the exterior of the Zvezda Service Module. A cloudy Earth provided the backdrop for the image.

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao gives the thumbs up to the press from behind glass one day prior to the scheduled launch of the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004. The crew docked to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crewmembers, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao reports from a glass enclosed room to space officials on the results of the dress rehearsal of their launch activities Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS010-E-13569 (15 January 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, watches a water bubble float between him and the camera, showing his image refracted, on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-13548 (15 January 2005) --- Cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Expedition 10 flight engineer, and astronaut Leroy Chiao, commander and NASA Space Station science officer, float in the Zvezda Service Module as they pose for photo recorded by a pre-set digital still camera.

ISS010-E-18943 (23 November 2004) --- Cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (left), Expedition 10 flight engineer, and astronaut Leroy Chiao, commander and NASA Space Station science officer, appear to be enjoying their work in the early stages of their tenure aboard the orbiting complex. They stand near the hatchway for the Destiny Laboratory.

ISS010-E-17814 (15 February 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-20747 (21 March 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, works with a tool caddy containing extravehicular activities (EVA) equipment and tools in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS) in preparation for the spacewalk scheduled for March 28.

ISS010-E-11144 (16 December 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, uses a microphone/keypad for the ARISS ham radio in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-20762 (21 March 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, works with a Global Positioning System (GPS) Unit in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-13562 (15 January 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA Space Station science officer, watches a water bubble float between himself and the camera in the Zvezda Service Module, showing his image refracted.

NASA Expedition 9 backup Commander Leroy Chiao jogs on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Friday, August 16, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, second from right, is helped onto a Russian search and rescue helicopter after he, Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori brought their Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to a pre-dawn landing, Monday, April 25, 2005, northeast of the town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan. Chiao and Sharipov completed a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station, while Vittori, who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, completed a ten-day mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao is carried to an inflatable medical tent after pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule Monday, April 25, 2005 northeast of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Chiao and Expedition 10 Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov wrapped up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori completed a ten-day mission aboard the ISS under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, left, is greeted by his wife after arriving in Star City, Russia from Kazakhstan, Monday, April 25, 2005. The Expedition 10 crew brought their Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to a pre-dawn landing April 25 northeast of the town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station for Chiao and Sharipov, and a ten-day mission for Vittori, who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao takes questions from the press after a pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule Monday, April 25, 2005 northeast of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Chiao and Expedition 10 Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov wrapped up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station, while European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori completed a ten-day mission aboard the ISS under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao is carried off a Russian search and rescue helicopter after a pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule Monday, April 25, 2005 northeast of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Chiao and Expedition 10 Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov wrapped up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station, while European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori completed a ten-day mission aboard the ISS under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao is carried onto a Russian transport vehicle after a pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule Monday, April 25, 2005 northeast of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Chiao and Expedition 10 Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov wrapped up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station, while European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori completed a ten-day mission aboard the ISS under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao rests in an inflatable medical tent after pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule Monday, April 25, 2005 northeast of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Chiao and Expedition 10 Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov wrapped up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori completed a ten-day mission aboard the ISS under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov talk aboard the crews' bus after their arrival to Baikonur, Kazakhstan from Star City, Russia, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004. The crew will prepare for their launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 14, 2004 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov will spend six months on the Station, while Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, who have been in space since April. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, left, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, right, pose for a photo after they patricipated in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao dons his flight suit prior to launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao dons his flight suit prior to launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao dons his flight suit prior to launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao tours the launch pad on Saturday, October 9, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in prior to liftoff to the International Space Station October 14. Their Soyuz rocket will roll out to the pad on October 12. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin will spend two days in orbit catching up to the Station for a docking and arrival on board October 16. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao dons his flight suit prior to launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From Left to Right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov report to space officials on the results of the dress rehearsal of their launch activities Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, and backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, and backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao does the traditional door signing prior to his departure from the Cosmonaut Hotel for launch, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the International Space Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current station crewmembers, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S92-E-5023 (12 October 2000) --- Electronic still camera's view features astronaut Leroy Chiao, mission specialist, in Discovery airlock with extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit.

European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, left, Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, far right, receive flowers upon arrival in Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 25, 2005. Chiao, Sharipov and Vittori brought their Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to a pre-dawn landing April 25 northeast of the town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station for Chiao and Sharipov, and a ten-day mission for Vittori, who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, left, Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, right, receive flowers upon arrival in Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 25, 2005. Chiao, Sharipov and Vittori brought their Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to a pre-dawn landing April 25 northeast of the town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station for Chiao and Sharipov, and a ten-day mission for Vittori, who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao practices using a range finder during a dress rehearsal of launch day activities, Friday, Oct. 5, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 10 is scheduled to launch October 14 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao stands next to a model rocket on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004, as they prepare for liftoff to the International Space Station October 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao is seen inside the Soyuz capsule during the return of Expedition 10 and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy, Monday, April 25, 2005. Photo Credit: (NASA/ESA/Roberto Vittori)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, left, and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, right, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin (behind Sharipov), along with other personnel, depart the plane at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004. The crew will prepare for their launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 14, 2004 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov will spend six months on the Station, while Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, who have been in space since April. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Space Forces Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, left, Expedition 10 Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, right, talk to the press from behind glass one day prior to their scheduled launch of the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew docked to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crewmembers, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, standing left to right, answer questions from the press Monday, Oct. 4, 2004, at Star City, Russia as they prepare for their October 14th launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov will spend six months on the Station, while Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, who have been in space since April. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, right, Expedition 10 Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, left, stand before the State Commission one day prior to their scheduled launch of the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew docked to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crewmembers, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, left, donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, left and Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao don their flight suits prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From left to right, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori brought their Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to a pre-dawn landing on Monday, April 25, 2005 northeast of the town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan to wrap up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station for Chiao and Sharipov. Vittori completed a ten-day mission aboard the ISS under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin and the backup crew talk to officials prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, right, Expedition 10 Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, left, don their flight suits prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, left and Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao don their flight suits prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Six astronauts composed the crew for the STS-72 mission that launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on January 11, 1996. Astronauts Brian Duffy (right front) and Brent W. Jett (left front) are mission commander and pilot, respectively. Mission specialists (back row, left to right) are Winston E. Scott, Leroy Chiao, Koichi Wakata, and Daniel T. Barry. Wakata is an international mission specialist representing Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA) based at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Mission objectives included the retrieval of the Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU), and the deployment of the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology-Flyer (OAST-Flyer).

ISS010-E-12589 (6 January 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, participates in a training session with the Mobile Service System (MSS) Rack and Canadarm2, or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-21181 (23 March 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, works with the Russian Orlan Interface Unit in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station (ISS). The final spacewalk for Expedition 10 is scheduled for March 28.

ISS009-E-29224 (19 October 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, performs maintenance on the water pump of an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS010-E-12590 (6 January 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, participates in a training session with the Mobile Service System (MSS) Rack and Canadarm2, or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS009-E-29106 (18 October 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, works with the controls of the Canadarm2, or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao tours the launch pad on Saturday, October 9, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan prior to liftoff to the International Space Station October 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, left and NASA Expedition 9 backup Commander Leroy Chiao prepare to raise the American flag at the flag raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, April 15, 2004, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, left and NASA Expedition 9 backup Commander Leroy Chiao give a thumbs up after the flag raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut hotel, Thursday, April 15, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, left and NASA Expedition 9 backup Commander Leroy Chiao prepare to raise the American flag at the flag raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, April 15, 2004, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, far left, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, far right, are lead by an instructor for early morning exercises on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov foreground left, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, background left, go for an early morning jog on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, far right, Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, third from right, are treated to a traditional salt and bread welcoming at Star City, Russia, Monday, April 25, 2005. The crew brought their Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to a pre-dawn landing April 25 northeast of the town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan to wrap up a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station for Chiao and Sharipov, and a ten-day mission for Vittori, who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From left to right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur talk to the press from behind glass one day prior to their scheduled launch of the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew docked to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crewmembers, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, foregroung left, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, background right, go for an early morning jog on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From left to right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur are lead by an instructor for early morning exercises on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)