S84-40232 (1984) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, 1984 ASCAN.

In the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium, Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK's Space System Group, speaks to members of the media at a prelaunch news conference for Orbital ATK CRS-6 commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station.

JSC2001-01342 (21 Feb 2001) Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., mission commander.

Portrait of Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson dressed in an orange launch/entry suit with his helmet on the table in front of him.

JSC2000-01442 (14 December 1999) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., dons a training version of the Sokol cosmonaut suit prior to a training session at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Culbertson is in training as commander for Expedition Three. He was named to that position in September of this year.

JSC2000-01441 (14 December 1999) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., dons a training version of the Sokol cosmonaut suit prior to a training session at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Culbertson is in training as commander for Expedition Three. He was named to that position in September of this year.

JSC2000-01440 (14 December 1999) --- Using both thumbs to signal success, astronaut Frank L. Culbertson. Jr., emerges from a training session in the nearby Soyuz trainer. Culbertson, currently visiting the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia, is in training as commander for Expedition Three. He was named to that position in September of this year.

STS-38 Pilot Frank L. Culbertson waves from T-38A NASA 955 forward cockpit prior to Ellington Field departure. Astronaut Curtis L. Brown, Jr is stationed in the aft cockpit behind Culbertson.

STS105-E-5091 (12 August 2001) --- Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, assists Scott J. Horowitz (out of frame to the right), STS-105 commander, in opening Space Shuttle Discovery's airlock hatch leading to the International Space Station (ISS). Culbertson and cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov will be replacing the Expedition Two crew as residents aboard the ISS. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

STS105-E-5092 (12 August 2001) --- Scott J. Horowitz (bottom), STS-105 commander, and Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, prepare to open Space Shuttle Discovery's airlock hatch leading to the International Space Station (ISS). Culbertson and cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov will be replacing the Expedition Two crew as residents aboard the ISS. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

STS105-E-5089 (12 August 2001) --- Scott J. Horowitz (left), STS-105 commander, and Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, prepare to open Space Shuttle Discovery's airlock hatch leading to the International Space Station (ISS). Culbertson and cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov will be replacing the Expedition Two crew as residents aboard the ISS. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

STS105-E-5102 (12 August 2001) --- Yury V. Usachev of Rosaviakosmos (left), Expedition Two mission commander, greets Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, with a handshake in the U.S. Laboratory. Culbertson, accompanied by cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, will be replacing Usachev and astronauts Susan J. Helms and James S. Voss and will spend the next four months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

STS051-02-007 (12-22 Sept 1993) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson Jr., STS-51 mission commander, appears to be enjoying a session on the ergometer, temporarily deployed on Discovery's middeck. Culbertson was joined by four other NASA astronauts for almost ten full days in Earth orbit.

ISS003-E-6471 (11 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, works with a digital still camera (DSC) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Controls for the Canadarm2 are visible to the right of Culbertson. This image was taken with a DSC.

STS105-E-5004 (10 August 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson Jr., on his way to the International Space Station (ISS) to serve as Expedition Three commander, exercises on a bicycle ergometer on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

Saré Culbertson, NASA Pathways intern at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, adjusts the Emlid Reach RS2+ receiver equipment that connects with GPS and global navigation satellite systems on Nov. 7, 2024, in preparation for future air taxi test flight research.

Astronauts Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (left), Expedition Three mission commander, and Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, work in the Russian Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Zvezda is linked to the Russian built Functional Cargo Block (FGB), or Zarya, the first component of the ISS. Zarya was launched on a Russian Proton rocket prior to the launch of Unity. The third component of the ISS, Zvezda (Russian word for star), the primary Russian contribution to the ISS, was launched by a three-stage Proton rocket on July 12, 2000. Zvezda serves as the cornerstone for early human habitation of the Station, providing living quarters, a life support system, electrical power distribution, a data processing system, a flight control system, and a propulsion system. It also provides a communications system that includes remote command capabilities from ground flight controllers. The 42,000 pound module measures 43 feet in length and has a wing span of 98 feet. Similar in layout to the core module of Russia's Mir space station, it contains 3 pressurized compartments and 13 windows that allow ultimate viewing of Earth and space.

STS105-E-5119 (12 August 2001) --- Yury V. Usachev of Rosaviakosmos (left), Expedition Two mission commander, gives Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, a warm reception in the Zvezda Service Module. Culbertson, accompanied by cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, will be spending the next four months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6025 (9 September 2001) --- The Expedition Three crew members assemble for a crew photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (center) is the Expedition Three commander. Culbertson is flanked by cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir Dezhurov, both flight engineers representing Rosaviakosmos. This picture was taken with a digital still camera.

STS-105-E-5118 (12 August 2001) --- Frank L. Culbertson, Expedition Three mission commander, gives a thumbs up as he enters the Zvezda Service Module during the initial ingress into the International Space Station (ISS) for the STS-105 mission. Culbertson, accompanied by cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin, will be replacing astronauts Susan J. Helms and James S. Voss and cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev as the temporary residents on the ISS. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5802 (16 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, takes a brief timeout from a busy day to play his trumpet in the Quest Airlock on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

Astronauts Frank L. Culbertson Jr., STS-51 mission commander, and Daniel W. Bursch, mission specialist, are seen on Discovery's flight deck. The two were supporting operations free-flying Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (ORFEUS) and its Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS), pictured through the left window.

STS-38 Pilot Frank L. Culbertson, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), rolls through the side hatch of the crew compartment trainer (CCT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9A. Assisted by technicians, Culbertson practices emergency egress through the side hatch using the crew escape system (CES) pole which extends out the side hatch. The inflated safety cushion breaks Culbertson's fall as he rolls out of the side hatch.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, presents NASA's Group Achievement Award to (L-R) Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Orbital Sciences Advanced Programs Group,at NASA Headquarters in Washington on Thursday, November 13, 2013. Culbertson received the award for outstanding contributions and innovative accomplishments in the completion of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative. Through COTS, NASA's partners Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corp., developed new U.S. rockets and spacecraft, launched from U.S. soil, capable of transporting cargo to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jay Westcott)

STS-38 Pilot Frank L. Culbertson gives "thumbs up" before climbing into the T-38A NASA 955 forward cockpit. Crewmembers are preparing for departure from Ellington Field to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Culbertson's bright yellow helmet is displayed in front of him.

The official STS-38 crew portrait includes the following 5 astronauts (front left to right): Frank L. Culbertson, pilot; and Richard O. Covey, commander. Standing (left to right) are mission specialists (MS) Charles D. (Sam) Gemar, (MS-3), Robert C. Springer, (MS-1), and Carl J. Meade, (MS-2). The seventh mission dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD), the STS-38 crew launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on November 15, 1990 at 6:48:15 pm (EST).

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK's Space System Group, speaks to members of the news media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of Orbital ATK CRS-6, a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, or ISS. The Cygnus spacecraft lifted off atop an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:05 p.m. EDT.

ISS003-316-028 (17 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, carries cameras through the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya, hatch on the International Space Station (ISS).

STS029-S-040 (13 Mar 1989) --- Astronauts Frank R. Culbertson, left, and John O. Creighton man their spacecraft communicator console positions for the launch phase of the STS-29 mission.

ISS003-E-7408 (October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, exercises on a treadmill in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

STS-38 Pilot Frank L. Culbertson holds a training version of the 70mm handheld HASSELBLAD camera he will be using on his upcoming Department of Defense (DOD) mission.

ISS003-E-6467 (11 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, talks on a microphone in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5552 (7 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, uses a Personal Data Assistant (PDA) in the U.S. Laboratory.

ISS003-E-5012 (August 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, is seated in the Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). Culbertson and two cosmonauts , who came up to the orbital outpost onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery with the crew of the STS-105 mission, will be replacing astronauts Susan J. Helms and James S. Voss and cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev as residents on the ISS. His Expedition Three crew mates are cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineers. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

STS105-E-5108 (12 August 2001) --- Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, leads cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov (back top), Expedition Three flight engineer, and Scott J. Horowitz, STS-105 commander, into Unity Node 1 during the initial ingress into the International Space Station (ISS) during the STS-105 mission. Culbertson and Dezhurov, accompanied by cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, will be replacing astronauts Susan J. Helms and James S. Voss and cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev as the temporary residents of the ISS. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

Former NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson, speaks about his time in space at a STEM day session with students during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The STS-51 crew portrait features (left to right): Frank L. Culbertson, commander; Daniel W. Bursch, mission specialist; Carl E. Walz, mission specialist; William F. Readdy, pilot; and James H. Newman, mission specialist. The crew of five launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on September 12, 1993 at 7:45:00 am (EDT). Two primary payloads included the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), and the Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph Shuttle Pallet Satellite (OERFEUS-SPAS).

STS051-10-025 (12-22 Sept. 1993) --- (Orient Photo With Hygiene Kit At Right Center). Astronauts Frank L. Culbertson (right), mission commander, and Daniel W. Bursch, mission specialist, brush their teeth on Space Shuttle Discovery's middeck. Two sleep restraints form part of the backdrop for the photograph. The two were joined by three other NASA astronauts for almost ten full days in space for the STS-51 mission.

ISS003-E-6569 (12 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, works with the Total Organic Carbon Analyzer (TOCA) in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-7060 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (right), Expedition Three mission commander, shakes hands with Soyuz Taxi crew Commander Victor Afanasyev in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). Afanasyev represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with at digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5352 (18 August 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (bottom), Expedition Three commander, and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, perform routine tasks in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6171 (August 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer, perform routine maintenance in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5294 (August 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three commander, closes the hatch in the Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA2) on the International Space Station (ISS) prior to the separation of the station and the Space Shuttle Discovery. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6168 (August 2001) --- Astronauts Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, and James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer, perform routine tasks in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-7145 (OCTOBER 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, takes a break from his duties, as he plays with a miniature basketball and net in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5415 (10 September 2001) --- Expedition Three mission commander Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., conducts inflight maintenance with a ratchet under a panel in the Unity Node 1 on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-08151 (22 November 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson (left), Expedition 3 mission commander, and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, eat a Thanksgiving meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS003-E-5475 (29 August 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Expedition Three mission commander, holds a syringe kit to be used in the Quad Tissue Culture Module Assemblies (QTCMA) for the Biotechnology Specimen Temperature Controller (BSTC) experiment in the U.S. Laboratory.

ISS003-E-6104 (22 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, cuts his hair in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This picture was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-08147 (22 November 2001) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (left), Expedition 3 flight engineer, and astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, mission commander, eat a Thanksgiving meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin represents Rosaviakosmos.

STS105-E-5160 (13 August 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, works with Dreamtime equipment on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Dreamtime is NASA's commercial collaborator on multi-media activities. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6730 (October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, uses a ham radio in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6606 (15 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, works the controls of the Canadarm2, or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-8020 (12 November 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, wearing thermal undergarment, adjusts his communication headgear in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5568 (2 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, assembles the Temporary Sleep Station (TESS) in the U.S. Laboratory.

ISS003-E-5566 (2 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, assembles the Temporary Sleep Station (TESS) in the U.S. Laboratory.

ISS003-E-5565 (2 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, assembles the Temporary Sleep Station (TESS) in the U.S. Laboratory.

Frank Culbertson, executive vice president, Orbital Sciences Corporation, talks during a press conference held after the successful launch of the Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The spacecraft will deliver about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo, including food and clothing, to the Expedition 37 crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Frank Culbertson, executive vice president, Orbital Sciences Corporation, talks during a press conference held after the successful launch of the Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The spacecraft will deliver about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo, including food and clothing, to the Expedition 37 crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Frank Culbertson, executive vice president, Orbital Sciences Corporation, talks during a press conference held after the successful launch of the Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The spacecraft will deliver about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo, including food and clothing, to the Expedition 37 crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Pathways intern Saré Culbertson, right, works with NASA operations engineer Jack Hayes at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Nov. 7, 2024. They are verifying GPS and global navigation satellite system coordinates using Emlid Reach RS2+ receiver equipment, which supports surveying, mapping, and navigation in preparation for future air taxi test flight research.

ISS003-E-6854 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (left), Expedition Three mission commander, and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere, work in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5901 (22 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (right), Expedition Three mission commander, holds a vacuum device the crew has fashioned to garner freshly cut hair floating freely, as Mikhail Tyurin cuts his hair in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin is a flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5896 (22 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (right), Expedition Three mission commander, holds a vacuum device the crew has fashioned to garner freshly cut hair floating freely, as Mikhail Tyurin cuts his hair in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin is a flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5782 (September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, operates the amateur radio equipment in the Zarya or functional cargo block (FGB) of the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera. Please note: The date identifiers on some frames are not accurate due to a technical problem with one of the Expedition Three cameras. When a specific date is given in the text or description portion, it is correct.

ISS003-E-7061 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (right), Expedition Three mission commander, shakes hands with French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere of the Soyuz Taxi crew, in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-8024 (12 November 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (right), Expedition Three mission commander, and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer, wearing thermal undergarments, prepare for upcoming space walk. They are in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and industry leaders speak to members of the news media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of Orbital ATK CRS-6, a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, or ISS. From left are: Kenneth Todd, NASA ISS Operations Integration manager; Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK's Space System Group; Vern Thorp, United Space Alliance's program manager for NASA missions. The Cygnus spacecraft lifted off atop an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:05 p.m. EDT.

ISS003-E-6750 (October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Expedition Three mission commander, and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov (partially out of frame), flight engineer, wearing Russian Sokol suits, are seated in the Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). This Soyuz return vehicle will be moved from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module for the linkup to the new Pirs Docking Compartment. The move of the Soyuz will mark the first time the new Pirs, which arrived at the station September 17, 2001, will serve as a docking port. The Soyuz will be shifted to prepare for the arrival of a new Soyuz return craft, to be launched October 21, 2001 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz can serve as a crew return vehicle at the station for a maximum of about six months. Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6747 (October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Expedition Three mission commander, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, is seated in the Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). This Soyuz return vehicle will be moved from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module for the linkup to the new Pirs Docking Compartment. The move of the Soyuz will mark the first time the new Pirs, which arrived at the station September 17, 2001, will serve as a docking port. The Soyuz will be shifted to prepare for the arrival of a new Soyuz return craft, to be launched October 21, 2001 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz can serve as a crew return vehicle at the station for a maximum of about six months. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6748 (October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson (left), Expedition Three mission commander, and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer, wearing Russian Sokol suits, are seated in the Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). This Soyuz return vehicle will be moved from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module for the linkup to the new Pirs Docking Compartment. The move of the Soyuz will mark the first time the new Pirs, which arrived at the station September 17, 2001, will serve as a docking port. The Soyuz will be shifted to prepare for the arrival of a new Soyuz return craft, to be launched October 21, 2001 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz can serve as a crew return vehicle at the station for a maximum of about six months. Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6760 (October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Expedition Three mission commander, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, is photographed in the Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). This Soyuz return vehicle will be moved from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module for the linkup to the new Pirs Docking Compartment. The move of the Soyuz will mark the first time the new Pirs, which arrived at the station September 17, 2001, will serve as a docking port. The Soyuz will be shifted to prepare for the arrival of a new Soyuz return craft, to be launched October 21, 2001 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz can serve as a crew return vehicle at the station for a maximum of about six months. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6743 (October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Expedition Three mission commander, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, is seated in the Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). This Soyuz return vehicle will be moved from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module for the linkup to the new Pirs Docking Compartment. The move of the Soyuz will mark the first time the new Pirs, which arrived at the station September 17, 2001, will serve as a docking port. The Soyuz will be shifted to prepare for the arrival of a new Soyuz return craft, to be launched October 21, 2001 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz can serve as a crew return vehicle at the station for a maximum of about six months. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

Former NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson, left, NASA astronaut Alvin Drew, former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, and Doug Wheelock, right, talk about their time in space at a STEM day session with students during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and industry leaders speak to members of the news media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of Orbital ATK CRS-6, a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, or ISS. From left are: Kathryn Hambleton of NASA Communications; Kenneth Todd, NASA ISS Operations Integration manager; Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK's Space System Group; Vern Thorp, United Space Alliance's program manager for NASA missions. The Cygnus spacecraft lifted off atop an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:05 p.m. EDT.

Alan Lindenmoyer, program manager, NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, left, and, Frank Culbertson, executive vice president, Orbital Sciences Corporation,are seen during a press conference held after the successful launch of the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The spacecraft will deliver about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo, including food and clothing, to the Expedition 37 crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U. S. Congressman Culbertson, Texas and Mr John Webb, Webb & Associates visit and tour Ames Research Center with Center Director G. Scott Hubbard (Culbertson in cab of VMS)

U. S. Congressman Culbertson, Texas and Mr John Webb, Webb & Associates visit and tour Ames Research Center with Center Director G. Scott Hubbard L-Culbertson, R-Webb in cab of VMS

In the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium, agency and industry leaders speak to members of the media at a prelaunch news conference for Orbital ATK CRS-6 commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. From left are: George Diller of NASA Communications; Kenneth Todd, NASA ISS Operations Integration manager; Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK's Space System Group; Vern Thorp, United Space Alliance's program manager for NASA missions; Pete Hasbrook, NASA associate program scientist for the ISS Program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston; Dr. Michael Roberts deputy chief scientist for the Center for the Advancement for Science in Space, or CASIS; and Capt. Laura Godoy, launch weather officer of the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron.

In the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium, agency and industry leaders speak to members of the media at a prelaunch news conference for Orbital ATK CRS-6 commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. From left are: George Diller of NASA Communications; Kenneth Todd, NASA ISS Operations Integration manager; Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK's Space System Group; Vern Thorp, United Space Alliance's program manager for NASA missions; Pete Hasbrook, NASA associate program scientist for the ISS Program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston; Dr. Michael Roberts deputy chief scientist for the Center for the Advancement for Science in Space, or CASIS; and Capt. Laura Godoy, launch weather officer of the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut Frank Culbertson (left) autographs photos for KSC employees following his presentation on his experiences as commander of Expedition 3 aboard the International Space Station. Culbertson began his stay on ISS in August 2001 and returned Dec. 17 aboard Endeavour after mission STS-108.

Ames Life Sciences Experiments: Liquid cooling garment with Phil Culbertson

Josh Byerly, public affairs officer, NASA, left, Robert Lightfoot, associate administrator, NASA, second from left, Alan Lindenmoyer, program manager, NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, and, Frank Culbertson, executive vice president, Orbital Sciences Corporation, right, are seen during a press conference held after the successful launch of the Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The spacecraft will deliver about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo, including food and clothing, to the Expedition 37 crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Program Group at Orbital Sciences Corp. is seen during a press conference held after a mishap occurred during the launch of the Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus was on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The Antares rocket lifted off to start its third resupply mission to the International Space Station, but suffered a catastrophic anomaly shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (JSC2001-01342) -- Official portrait of astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Mission Commander

SPACE STATION MODEL MOCKUPS N-239A PROX-OPS (PROXIMITY OPERATIONS SIMULATOR) FABRICATION WITH PHIL CULBERTSON

L-R: Alan Lindenmoyer, Manager of Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, NASA; Gwynne Shotwell, President, SpaceX; Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Orbital Sciences Advanced Programs Group; Frank Slazer, Vice President of Space Systems, Aerospace Industries Association and Phil McAlister, Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development at NASA, participate in a panel discussion on the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative at NASA Headquarters in Washington on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. Through COTS, NASA's partners Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corp., developed new U.S. rockets and spacecraft, launched from U.S. soil, capable of transporting cargo to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jay Westcott)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut Frank Culbertson stands next to the cherry laurel tree he has dedicated and helped plant near KSC Headquarters Building. The tree commemorates his stay on and safe return from the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition 3 crew. Culbertson served as commander for the four-month stay, August to December 2001. The tree planting is a tradition for the Expedition crews.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut Frank Culbertson digs into the pile of dirt to plant the cherry laurel tree (right) near KSC Headquarters Building. The tree commemorates his stay on and safe return from the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition 3 crew. Culbertson served as commander for the four-month stay, August to December 2001. The tree planting is a tradition for the Expedition crews.

STS051-44-005 (12-22 sept 1993) --- The five crew members pose for the traditional inflight crew portrait on the Space Shuttle Discovery's flight deck. Left to right are astronauts William F. Readdy, Daniel W. Bursch, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Carl E. Walz and James H. Newman. Culbertson is mission commander, with Readdy serving as pilot and the others are mission specialists.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut Frank Culbertson (with sunglasses) gets help moving a tree into its freshly dug hole near KSC Headquarters Building. The tree commemorates his stay on and safe return from the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition 3 crew. Culbertson served as commander for the four-month stay, August to December 2001. The tree planting is a tradition for the Expedition crews.

U. S. Congressman Culbertson, Texas and Mr John Webb, Webb & Associates visit and tour Ames Research Center with Center Director G. Scott Hubbard (briefing and tour of the test facilities by Joe Hartman)

William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, participates via phone, in a press conference with Rachel Kraft, NASA public affairs officer, seated left, Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Program Group at Orbital Sciences Corp., center, and Bill Wrobel, director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, after a mishap occurred during the launch of the Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Michael Suffredini, NASA's International Space Station Program Manager also participated via phone. Cygnus was on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The Antares rocket lifted off to start its third resupply mission to the International Space Station, but suffered a catastrophic anomaly shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Rachel Kraft, NASA public affairs officer, left, Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Program Group at Orbital Sciences Corp., center, Bill Wrobel, director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, right, are seen during a press conference held after a mishap occurred during the launch of the Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and Michael Suffredini, NASA's International Space Station Program Manager also participated in the press conference via phone. Cygnus was on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The Antares rocket lifted off to start its third resupply mission to the International Space Station, but suffered a catastrophic anomaly shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Rachel Kraft, NASA public affairs officer, left, Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Program Group at Orbital Sciences Corp., center, Bill Wrobel, director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, right, are seen during a press conference held after a mishap occurred during the launch of the Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and Michael Suffredini, NASA's International Space Station Program Manager also participated in the press conference via phone. Cygnus was on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The Antares rocket lifted off to start its third resupply mission to the International Space Station, but suffered a catastrophic anomaly shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Rachel Kraft, NASA public affairs officer, left, Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Program Group at Orbital Sciences Corp., center, Bill Wrobel, director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, right, are seen during a press conference held after a mishap occurred during the launch of the Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and Michael Suffredini, NASA's International Space Station Program Manager also participated in the press conference via phone. Cygnus was on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The Antares rocket lifted off to start its third resupply mission to the International Space Station, but suffered a catastrophic anomaly shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

STS-84 Commander Charles J. Precourt talks with fellow astronauts Frank Culbertson, at left, and William F. Readdy after their arrival at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facilty. Culbertson, NASA director of the Phase One Program of the International Space Station, and Readdy, manager, program development, in the Space Shuttle Program Office at Johnson Space Center, were the pilots of T-38 jets which brought STS-84 crew members to KSC for the launch. Culbertson’s passenger was STS-84 Mission Specialist Carlos I. Noriega; Readdy’s passenger was Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale. Liftoff of Space Shuttle Mission STS-84 is scheduled May 15. STS-84 will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. During the docking, Foale will transfer to the Russian space station to become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth on Atlantis. Foale is scheduled to remain on Mir about four months until his replacement arrives on STS-86 in September

U. S. Congressman Culbertson, Texas and Mr John Webb, Webb & Associates visit and tour Ames Research Center with Center Director G. Scott Hubbard (pre-tour briefing at the Thermal Protection Facility - Arc Jet by Sylvia Johnson)

ISS003-E-6853 (23-31 October 2001) --- Soyuz taxi commander Victor Afanasyev and astronaut Frank L. Culbertson (partially out of frame), Expedition Three mission commander, are photographed in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). Afanasyev represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-8406 (12 December 2001) --- Astronauts Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (left), Expedition Three mission commander, and Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, work in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The image was taken with a digital still camera.