This graphic details return operations for SpaceX missions to the International Space Station. SpaceX is one of two commercial partners providing transportation to and from the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Date: 07-22-11 Location: Ellington, 990 Subject: STS-135 Crew Return Photographer: Devin Boldt
Date: 07-22-11 Location: Ellington, 990 Subject: STS-135 Crew Return Photographer: James Blair
STS-135 Crew Return Ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: July 22, 2011. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 990. Photographer: Robert Markowitz
STS-135 Crew Return Ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: July 22, 2011. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 990. Photographer: Robert Markowitz
STS-135 Crew Return Ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: July 22, 2011. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 990. Photographer: Robert Markowitz
This is an artist's concept of the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle (CRV). The X-38 will take place of the Russian Soyuz capsule and is well underway on development for the International Space Station. The Soyuz can only stay on orbit for six months as opposed to three years for the CRV.
JSC2011-E-070274 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2006-E-41582 (22 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Christopher J. Ferguson, STS-115 pilot, speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-115 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2011-E-070271 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2006-E-41576 (22 Sept. 2006) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris A. Hadfield speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-115 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2011-E-070458 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070491 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070500 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both STS-135 mission specialists, are pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2006-E-41579 (22 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Brent W. Jett, Jr., STS-115 commander, speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-115 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2011-E-070464 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
The seventh free flight of an X-38 prototype for an emergency space station crew return vehicle culminated in a graceful glide to landing under the world's largest parafoil. The mission began when the X-38 was released from NASA's B-52 mother ship over Edwards Air Force Base, California, where NASA Dryden Flight Research Center is located. The July 10, 2001 flight helped researchers evaluate software and deployment of the X-38's drogue parachute and subsequent parafoil. NASA intends to create a space-worthy Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) to be docked to the International Space Station as a "lifeboat" to enable a full seven-person station crew to evacuate in an emergency.
JSC2011-E-070270 (22 July 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (left) and STS-135 crew members are pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC. Pictured from second left are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070523 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (center), STS-135 commander; and Doug Hurley, pilot, hold up a photo of the plaque that was left in space shuttle Atlantis by the STS-135 crew members during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center (JSC). JSC director Michael L. Coats is at left. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070526 (22 July 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (left) and STS-135 crew members are pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC. Pictured from second left are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070230 (22 July 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (left) and STS-135 crew members are pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC. Pictured from second left are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. A large crowd of supporters is visible in the foreground. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070374 (22 July 2011) --- U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R.-Texas), NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats and STS-135 crew members are pictured in Ellington Field?s Hangar 990 near JSC during the STS-135 crew return ceremonies. Crew members (seated from the left) are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. A large crowd of supporters is visible in the foreground. Photo credit: NASA
The X-38 prototype of the Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station is suspended under its giant 7,500-square-foot parafoil during its eighth free flight on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001. A portion of the descent was flown by remote control by a NASA astronaut from a ground vehicle configured like the CRV's interior before the X-38 made an autonomous landing on Rogers Dry Lake.
The X-38 prototype of the Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station is suspended under its giant 7,500-square-foot parafoil during its eighth free flight on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001. A portion of the descent was flown by remote control by a NASA astronaut from a ground vehicle configured like the CRV's interior before the X-38 made an autonomous landing on Rogers Dry Lake.
JSC2006-E-28432 (18 July 2006) --- NASA associate administrator Rex Geveden speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2006-E-28436 (18 July 2006) --- Flight director Annette Hasbrook speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies.
STS-127 Crew Return, Ellington Field Location: Ellington, 990
JSC2011-E-070471 (22 July 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (left), Houston Mayor Annise Parker, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R.-Texas) and NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, are pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070263 (22 July 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (right) greets NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, shortly after he and three other crew members arrived at Ellington Field near JSC. Awaiting them was a large crowd on hand in nearby Hangar 990 to welcome them home to Houston during a return ceremony for the final mission for the Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070272 (22 July 2011) --- U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R.-Texas) speaks to a crowd on hand at Ellington Field?s Hangar 990 near NASA?s Johnson Space Center (JSC) during the STS-135 crew return ceremonies. JSC director Michael L. Coats is visible in the background. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070276 (22 July 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (left), Houston Mayor Annise Parker, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R.-Texas) and NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, are pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2006-E-28444 (18 July 2006) --- Astronaut Mark E. Kelly, STS-121 pilot, speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2008-E-014959 (21 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Leland Melvin, STS-122 mission specialist, is pictured at the STS-122 crew return ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 21 in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center.
JSC2006-E-28458 (18 July 2006) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, STS-121 commander, speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2006-E-28439 (18 July 2006) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies. Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, STS-121 commander, is at left.
JSC2008-E-014907 (21 Feb. 2008) --- Johnson Space Center's (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (right) greets astronauts Rex Walheim (left) and Leland Melvin, STS-122 mission specialists, at Ellington Field near JSC prior to the STS-122 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2006-E-28463 (18 July 2006) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey (left), STS-121 commander, and flight director Steve Stich visit in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near JSC during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2008-E-014966 (21 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Steve Frick, STS-122 commander, is pictured at the STS-122 crew return ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 21 in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center.
JSC2006-E-28442 (18 July 2006) --- Astronaut Piers J. Sellers, STS-121 mission specialist, applauds during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center.
JSC2006-E-28459 (18 July 2006) --- Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Director Michael L. Coats speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near JSC during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2006-E-28449 (18 July 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Fossum, STS-121 mission specialist, speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2006-E-28451 (18 July 2006) --- Astronaut Lisa M. Nowak, STS-121 mission specialist, speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2006-E-28445 (18 July 2006) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist, photographed in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-121 crew return ceremonies.
STS-119 Crew Return Ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: March 29, 2009. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 990. Photographer: Robert Markowitz
Photo Date:008-01-2009 Location: Ellington Field; Hangar 990 Subject: STS127 Crew Return Photog: David DeHoyos, James Blair
JSC2000-E-27052 (27 October 2000) --- Astronaut Pamela Melroy, STS-92 pilot, addresses crowd at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies.
STS-119 Crew Return Ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: March 29, 2009. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 990. Photographer: Robert Markowitz
JSC2000-E-27056 (27 October 2000) --- Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, mission specialist, addresses crowd at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies.
JSC2000-E-27051 (27 October 2000) --- Astronaut Brian Duffy, STS-92 commander, addresses crowd at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies.
STS-119 Crew Return Ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: March 29, 2009. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 990. Photographer: Robert Markowitz
STS-119 Crew Return Ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: March 29, 2009. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 990. Photographer: Robert Markowitz
PHOTO DATE: 03-29-09 LOCATION: Ellington - Hangar 990 SUBJECT: STS-119 crew return ceremony. Photograph s of crew arriving, overall views, individual views of each astronaut, other special speakers, interaction with crowd, signing autographs. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 03-29-09 LOCATION: Ellington - Hangar 990 SUBJECT: STS-119 crew return ceremony. Photograph s of crew arriving, overall views, individual views of each astronaut, other special speakers, interaction with crowd, signing autographs. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
JSC2000-04610 (30 May 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, mission specialist representing the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, speaks to a crowd at the crew-welcoming ceremonies at Ellington Field. The seven-member crew returned to Houston after spending its first night in Florida following the completion of the STS-101 mission.
PHOTO DATE: 03-29-09 LOCATION: Ellington - Hangar 990 SUBJECT: STS-119 crew return ceremony. Photograph s of crew arriving, overall views, individual views of each astronaut, other special speakers, interaction with crowd, signing autographs. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
JSC2000-04612 (30 May 2000) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, mission specialist, speaks to a crowd at the crew-welcoming ceremonies at Ellington Field. The seven-member crew returned to Houston after spending its first night in Florida following the completion of the STS-101 mission.
JSC2002-E-09340 (13 March 2002) --- Astronaut Nancy J. Currie, STS-109 mission specialist, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.
JSC2002-E-09343 (13 March 2002) --- Astronaut James H. Newman, STS-109 mission specialist, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.
JSC2002-E-09344 (13 March 2002) --- Astronaut Michael J. Massimino, STS-109 mission specialist, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.
JSC2000-E-27054 (27 October 2000) --- Astronaut William (Bill) McArthur, STS-92 mission specialist, addresses crowd at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies.
JSC2002-E-09337 (13 March 2002) --- Astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-109 mission commander, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.
JSC2002-E-09341 (13 March 2002) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 payload commander, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.
JSC2002-E-09339 (13 March 2002) --- Astronaut Duane G. Carey, STS-109 pilot, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.
JSC2002-E-09342 (13 March 2002) --- Astronaut Richard M. Linnehan, STS-109 mission specialist, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.
JSC2000-E-27053 (27 October 2000) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, STS-92 mission specialist, addresses crowd at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies.
JSC2000-E-27058 (27 October 2000) --- Astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist, addresses crowd at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies. Wakata represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA).
JSC2002-E-09321 (13 March 2002) --- Astronaut Michael J. Massimino, STS-109 mission specialist, greets the assembled crowd in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.
JSC2000-E-27055 (27 October 2000) --- Astronaut Peter J.K. (Jeff) Wisoff, STS-92 mission specialist, addresses crowd at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies.
JSC2002-E-42178 (19 October 2002) --- NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, addresses a crowd on hand at Ellington Field's Hangar 990 during crew return ceremonies for the STS-112 crewmembers.
JSC2000-E-27059 (26 October 2000) --- JSC Director George W.S. Abbey speaks to crowd in Ellington Field's Hangar 990 during STS-92 crew return ceremonies.
S99-08178 (28 July 1999) --- Normally housing NASA's fleet of T-38 jet trainers, this Ellington Field hangar was filled instead with well wishers for the returning crew of STS-93 on the morning of July 28, 1999.
JSC2002-E-26024 (21 June 2002) --- NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies.
JSC2008-E-014908 (21 Feb. 2008) --- Johnson Space Center's (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (right) greets astronauts Rex Walheim (left) and Leland Melvin, STS-122 mission specialists, at Ellington Field near JSC prior to the STS-122 crew return ceremonies. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, mission specialist, is visible in the background.
NASA's Super Guppy transport aircraft landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on July 11, 2000, to deliver the latest version of the X-38 drop vehicle to Dryden. The X-38s are intended as prototypes for a possible "crew lifeboat" for the International Space Station. The X-38 vehicle 131R will demonstrate a huge 7,500 square-foot parafoil that will that will enable the potential crew return vehicle to land on the length of a football field after returning from space. The crew return vehicle is intended to serve as a possible emergency transport to carry a crew to safety in the event of problems with the International Space Station. The Super Guppy evolved from the 1960s-vintage Pregnant Guppy, used for transporting outsized sections of the Apollo moon rocket. The Super Guppy was modified from 1950s-vintage Boeing C-97. NASA acquired its Super Guppy from the European Space Agency in 1997.
JSC2002-E-26022 (21 June 2002) --- Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Director Jefferson Davis Howell, Jr. speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies.
JSC2007-E-44418 (22 Aug. 2007) --- Astronaut Scott Kelly, STS-118 commander, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-118 crew return ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 22 in Ellington Field's Hangar 990 near JSC.
JSC2002-E-26038 (21 June 2002) --- Astronaut Carl E. Walz, Expedition Four flight engineer, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies.
JSC2007-E-023806 (12 May 2007) --- Following the Expedition 14 crew return at Ellington Field, cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer, is greeted by JSC Deputy Director Ellen Ochoa. JSC Director Michael L. Coats and Mrs. Coats are visible in the background. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2010-E-055383 (21 April 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2002-E-26031 (21 June 2002) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Cockrell, STS-111 mission commander, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies.
JSC2010-E-055371 (21 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-025793 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Kathryn Hire, STS-130 mission specialist, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2011-E-050706 (2 June 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, STS-134 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-134 crew return ceremony on June 2, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2010-E-055376 (21 April 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2002-E-26037 (21 June 2002) --- Astronauts Carl E. Walz (left) and Daniel W. Bursch, both Expedition Four flight engineers, shake hands in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies.
JSC2010-E-025796 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2011-E-050760 (2 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-134 crew return ceremony on June 2, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2010-E-025788 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-025789 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Kathryn Hire, STS-130 mission specialist, is pictured at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-055380 (21 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-131 mission specialist, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-055384 (21 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson, STS-131 mission specialist, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-025791 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, is pictured at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-025794 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson, STS-130 mission specialist, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2002-E-09336 (13 March 2002 ) --- Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Acting Director Roy S. Estess speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-109 crew return ceremonies.
JSC2010-E-025792 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2002-E-26036 (21 June 2002) --- Astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies.
JSC2011-E-050757 (2 June 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center director Michael L. Coats addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-134 crew return ceremony on June 2, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2002-E-26032 (21 June 2002) --- Astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, STS-111 mission specialist, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies.
JSC2010-E-055375 (21 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2000-04594 (30 May 2000) --- Astronaut Scott J. Horowitz, pilot, reunites with wife Lisa Marie and young daughter following the STS-101 crew return. A welcome-home ceremony followed the arrival of the six astronauts and one cosmonaut at Ellington Field on the day after the landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Florida.