ISS003-E-5610 (17 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (left) works with a laptop computer while cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov works at the Simvol-Ts workstation in the Zvezda Service Module. Tyurin and Dezhurov are Expedition Three flight engineers and represent Rosaviakosmos

S94-34940 (June 1994) --- Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Russian cosmonaut Commander, Mir-18 EDITOR'S NOTE: Early next year, Dezhurov, along with NASA astronaut Norman E. Thagard and another cosmonaut, will be launched into Earth-orbit to spend three months aboard Russia's Mir space station.

STS105-E-5007 (10 August 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov of Rosaviakosmos uses a video camcorder on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery during the first day in space for the STS-105 crew members and the Expedition Three crew. Dezhurov will serve as flight engineer aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5498 (August 2001) --- Cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineers, pose for a photograph in the Zvezda Service Module. Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos. 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.

Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov (center), Mir 18 mission commander, gets his blood pressure taken by Dr. Michael J. Barrett, flight surgeon. Cosmonaut Anatoliy Y. Solovyev (right), Mir 19 mission commander, looks on. Solovyev, Dezhurov, along with their respective flight engineers and a number of other cosmonauts and astronauts participating in the joint program, were in Houston, Texas, to prepare for their upcoming missions.

ISS003-E-5951 (11 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, takes a break from a busy day in the Temporary Sleep Station (TSS) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6220 (4 October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, prepares the Russian Orlan space suit for a spacewalk, scheduled later in the week from the Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6217 (4 October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, prepares the Russian Orlan space suit for an upcoming spacewalk from the Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6239 (5 October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, prepares the Russian Orlan space suit for an upcoming spacewalk from the Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6243 (5 October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, prepares the Russian Orlan space suit for an upcoming spacewalk from the Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-7261 (October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, 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). Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5479 (24 August 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, operates a video camera in the Zvezda Service Module. In the background, cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer, is visible with a photographic camera. Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos.

ISS003-E-5953 (11 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, works on a laptop computer in the Temporary Sleep Station (TSS) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6852 (October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, floats in the pressurized adapter of the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-303-034 (12 November 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, works near the International Space Station (ISS) during the third Expedition Three session of extravehicular activity (EVA).

ISS003-E-7916 (8 November 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, works in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Cosmonaut and Expedition Three flight engineer Vladimir N. Dezhurov, representing Rosaviakosmos, talks with flight controllers from the Zvezda Service Module. Russian-built Zvezda is linked to the 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, flight control system, and 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.

NM18-304-012 (March-July 1995) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mir-18 mission commander, is seen in his thermal undergarment prior to donning an EVA suit for one of five space walks conducted during his 115 days aboard Mir. This visual was one of many that the three Mir-18 crew emembers showed at a July 18 press conference in Houston.

STS071-118-007 (27 June - 7 July 1995) --- Onboard the Russia?s Mir Space Station Mir Base Block, cosmonauts Anatoly Y. Solovyev (left) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mir 19 and 18 commanders, respectively, exchange information about their research tasks. The two represent a change of guard aboard Mir, as Dezhurov prepares to come back to Earth with the STS-71 crew aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. Nikolai M. Budarin and Gennadiy M. Strekalov - cosmonaut/flight engineers making the same exchange -- are out of frame.

ISS003-E-5891 (22 September 2001) --- Cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineers representing Rosaviakosmos, take turns cutting each other’s hair in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov holds a vacuum device the crew has fashioned to garner freshly cut hair floating freely. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5628 (17 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (left) and cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineers, remove the docking probe in the Zvezda Service Module's transfer compartment. The docking probe successfully guided the arrival of the Russian built Pirs docking compartment to the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos.

ISS003-E-6264 (5 October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, wears the Russian Orlan space suit as he prepares for an upcoming spacewalk from the Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS). The first spacewalk is scheduled for October 8, 2001 which will be the first extravehicular activity (EVA) from the station without a Space Shuttle present. Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5624 (17 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (left) and cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineers, remove the docking probe in the Zvezda Service Module's pressurized adapter. The docking probe successfully guided the arrival of the Russian- built Pirs docking compartment to the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos.

ISS003-E-6218 (4 October 2001) --- Cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both Expedition Three flight engineers, prepare the Russian Orlan space suit for an upcoming spacewalk from Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6630 (14 October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov (foreground) holds a model of the International Space Station (ISS) as cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin reads a procedures checklist in the Zvezda Service Module on the ISS. Dezhurov and Tyurin are both Expedition Three flight engineers representing Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5621 (17 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, prepares to remove the docking probe in the Zvezda Service Module's pressurized adapter. The docking probe successfully guided the arrival of the Russian-built Pirs docking compartment to the International Space Station (ISS). Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer, is visible in the background. Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos.

STS-105-E-5125 (12 August 2001) --- Vladimir N. Dezhurov of Rosaviakosmos, Expedition Three flight engineer, enters the Zvezda Service Module carrying a high definition camera during the initial ingress into the International Space Station (ISS) for the STS-105 mission. Dezhurov, accompanied by cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. 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-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.

ISS003-E-6571 (12 October 2001) --- Cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (foreground) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both Expedition Three flight engineers, work with Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA) hardware for the Micro-Particles Capturer (MPAC) and Space Environment Exposure Device (SEED) experiment in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

NM18-308-037 (28 June 1995) --- Onboard Mir, cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov prepares to change batteries at a power supply station as part of the preparation for the next day's scheduled docking with the Space Shuttle Atlantis. This visual was one of many shown by the Mir-18 crew at a press conference on July 18 in Houston.

NM18-304-016 (March-July 1995) --- Cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left) and Gennadiy M. Strekalov study a small model of the Mir Space Station prior to one of their five space walks. At a July 18 press coonference in Houston, the two told reporters that the model was helpful in locating strategic points on the various modules, for example, hand rails and foot restraints. Along with astronaut Norman E. Thagard, the two went onto spend 115 days on Mir.

ISS003-E-6745 (October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, 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. Dezhurov represents Rosaviakosmos. 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-5560 (9 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov of Rosaviakosmos, Expedition Three flight engineer, works on a laptop computer in the Temporary Sleep Station (TSS) in the U.S. Laboratory.

ISS003-E-7371 (October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, works in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5353 (18 August 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, performs routine tasks in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5558 (9 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov of Rosaviakosmos, Expedition 3 flight engineer, works on a laptop computer in the temporary sleep station of the in the U.S. Laboratory Destiny onboard the International Space Station.

STS105-E-5109 (12 August 2001) --- Scott J. Horowitz (left), STS-105 commander, and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, move into Unity Node 1 during the initial ingress into the International Space Station (ISS) during the STS-105 mission. Dezhurov, accompanied by cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., 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.

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-5331 (24 August 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, checks over a list of procedures in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5826 (September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, works with camera equipment in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5894 (22 September 2001) --- Cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left) and Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three flight engineers representing Rosaviakosmos, take turns cutting hair in the Zvezda Service Module 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-6205 (August 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, holds a document in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist, is partly visible in the background. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-08146 (22 November 2001) --- Cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left) and Mikhail Tyurin, both Expedition 3 flight engineers representing Rosaviakosmos, eat a Thanksgiving meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS003-E-5845 (16 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, talks with flight controllers from the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6744 (October 2001) --- Cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left) and Mikhail Tyurin, both Expedition Three flight engineers, 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 and Tyurin represent Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6754 (October 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, checks a procedures checklist 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.

STS071-118-004 (29 June 1995) --- Astronaut Robert L. Gibson, STS-71 commander, shakes the hand of cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mir-18 commander. The historic handshake took place two and half weeks prior to the 20th anniversary of a similar in-space greeting between cosmonauts and astronauts participating in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). On July 17, 1975, astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, NASA's ASTP commander, greeted his counterpart, Aleksey A. Leonov in a docking tunnel linking the Soyuz and Apollo spacecraft.

ISS003-E-5477 (August 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov of Rosaviakosmos, Expedition Three flight engineer, holds a Global Time System (GTS) electronics unit in the Zvezda Service Module. 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-5486 (August 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov of Rosaviakosmos, Expedition Three flight engineer, works on electronic equipment behind a panel in the Zvezda Service Module. 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-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.

ISS003-E-5489 (August 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov of Rosaviakosmos, Expedition Three flight engineer, works on electronic equipment behind a panel in the Zvezda Service Module. 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.

ISS004-E-5016 (December 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer, floats through the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA-2) on the International Space Station (ISS). A crewmate in the Destiny laboratory captured the image on a digital still camera.

The crew assigned to the STS-71 mission included (front left to right) Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mir 18 crew download; Robert L. Gibson, commander; and Anatoly Y. Solovyev, Mir 19 crew upload. On the back row, left to right, are Norman E. Thagard, Mir 18 crew download; Gennadiy Strelalov, Mir 18 crew download; Gregory J. Harbaugh, mission specialist; Ellen S. Baker, mission specialist; Charles J. Precourt, pilot; Bonnie J. Dunbar, mission specialist; and Nikolai Budarin, Mir 19 crew upload. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on June 27, 1995 at 3:32:19.044 pm (EDT), the STS-71 mission marked many firsts in human space flight history. It was the first U.S. Space Shuttle-Russian Space Station Mir docking and joint on-orbit operations, and the first on-orbit change out of a shuttle crew. In addition, it was the largest spacecraft ever in orbit and was the 100th U.S. human space launch conducted from the Cape.

STS-105-E-5132 (12 August 2001) --- Expedition Three and STS-105 crewmembers get familiar with the Zvezda Service Module during the initial ingress into the International Space Station (ISS) for the STS-105 mission. Clockwise from the top left are: cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three flight engineer; cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov (using a high definition video camera), Expedition Three flight engineer; Scott J. Horowitz, STS-105 commander; and Daniel T. Barry, STS-105 mission specialist. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

NM18-305-008 (March-July 1995) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mir-18 mission commander, is photographed during one of five spacewalks conducted by the Mir-18 crew. Dezhurov is working with solar array panels. This is one of many visuals shown during a July 18 press conference in Houston.

(Left to right) Bob Behrendsen, Mod Flight Crew Systems, astronaut Kenneth Bowersox and cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov check out equipment for the International Space Station (ISS) in the Space Station Processing Facility. Bowersox and Dezhurov are targeted on mission STS-102 which is scheduled to transport the second Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to ISS

JSC2001-01129 (20 April 2001) --- Cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left) and Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three flight engineers; and astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three commander, are photographed during mission training in the Johnson Space Center’s Systems Integration Facility. Dezhurov and Tyurin represent Rosaviakosmos.

JSC2001-01130 (20 April 2001) --- Cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left) and Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three flight engineers; and astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three commander, are photographed during mission training in the Johnson Space Center’s Systems Integration Facility. Dezhurov and Tyurin represent Rosaviakosmos.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (JSC2001-00928) -- Official portrait of Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Cosmonaut representing Rosaviakosmos

JSC2000-E-27076 (16 October 2000) --- Expedition One prime and backup crew members in Moscow. From left, cosmonaut Mikhail Turin, astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov, astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd and cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri P. Gidzenko. Shepherd is Expedition One prime crew commander; Gidzenko, prime crew Soyuz commander; and Krikalev, the prime crew's flight engineer. Bowersox, Turin and Dezhurov are backups.

Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left), Mir 18 mission commander, among a group of Russians in the United States to participate in training for the joint Russia - United States space missions, conducts an intubation on a dummy. Dezhurov, along with Mir 18 flight engineer Gennadiy M. Strekalov (pictured) prepare for upcoming missions which involve crew members from the two nations.

ISS003-E-5632 (17 September 2001) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three flight engineer, packs the docking probe in a stowage bag in Unity. Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov, flight engineer, videotapes the event. The docking probe successfully guided the arrival of the Russian-built Pirs docking compartment to the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos.

ISS003-E-7912 (8 November 2001) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (foreground), Expedition Three flight engineer, works the controls of the Canadarm2, or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer, is visible in the background. Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

JSC2001-E-12449 (24 April 2001) --- Suited in training versions of the full-pressure launch and entry suit, cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left) and Mikhail Tyurin, await a training session in one of the trainer/mockups (out of frame) in the Systems Integration Facility at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Dezhurov and Tyurin, who represent Rosaviakosmos, are both crew members for Expedition Three.

STS105-E-5198 (15 August 2001) --- Ten astronauts and cosmonauts dine in the Zvezda Service Module. Clockwise from lower left corner are Scott J. Horowitz, Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mikhail Tyurin, Susan J. Helms, Frank L. Culbertson, Yury V. Usachev, James S. Voss and Patrick G. Forrester. Daniel T. Barry is out of frame at lower right. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Usachev represent Rosaviakosmos. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-7044 (October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (center), Expedition Three mission commander, flanked by cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both flight engineers, assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

Mir 18 commander Vladimir N. Dezhurov, right, and fellow crew member, astronaut Norman E. Thagard, practice using a bar-code reader during medical operations training at JSC.

This is a portrait of the Mir 18 crew members in civilian clothes. They are (left to right) Norman E. Thagard, astronaut; commander Vladimir N. Dezhurov, cosmonaut; and Gennadiy M. Strekalov, cosmonaut.

ISS003-E-5175 (17 August 2001) --- The Expedition Two (back row) and Expedition Three crews assemble for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Two crew members are, from left to right, Susan J. Helms, flight engineer, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, mission commander, and James S. Voss, flight engineer. The Expedition Three crew members are, from left to right, cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., mission commander, and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Usachev represent Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Frank Culbertson, commander of the Expedition 3 resident crew on the International Space Station, poses for a photo. He and the other crew members Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Dezhurov returned to Earth as passengers aboard the orbiter Endeavour, which landed at KSC at 12:55 p.m. EST (17:55 GMT) Dec. 17, 2001, after completing mission STS-108. The landing is the 57th at KSC in the history of the program STS-108 was the 12th mission to the Space Station. This mission was the 107th flight in the Shuttle program and the 17th flight for the orbiter

JSC2001-E-23198 (26 July 2001) --- Both the STS-105 and the Expedition Three crew members are photographed during a joint shuttle-station pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC). From the left are cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both Expedition Three flight engineers, astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander; Daniel T. Barry and Patrick G. Forrester, both STS-105 mission specialists; along with Frederick W. Sturckow and Scott J. Horowitz, pilot and mission commander, respectively. Tyurin and Dezhurov represent Rosaviakosmos.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Frank Culbertson, commander of the Expedition 3 resident crew on the International Space Station, poses for a photo. He and the other crew members Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Dezhurov returned to Earth as passengers aboard the orbiter Endeavour, which landed at KSC at 12:55 p.m. EST (17:55 GMT) Dec. 17, 2001, after completing mission STS-108. The landing is the 57th at KSC in the history of the program STS-108 was the 12th mission to the Space Station. This mission was the 107th flight in the Shuttle program and the 17th flight for the orbiter

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.

JSC2001-00928 (21 Feb. 2001) --- Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhourov, representing Rosaviakosmos.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (STS108-5-002)STS-108 CREW PORTRAIT -- These seven astronauts and three cosmonauts share the common denominators of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station (ISS). Standing at rear (from the left) are STS-108 crew members Daniel M. Tani and Linda M. Godwin, both mission specialists; Dominic L. Gorie and Mark E. Kelly, commander and pilot, respectively. Those four will spend approximately ten days in space in late November and early December aboard the Endeavour. In front, from the left, are Daniel W. Bursch, Yuri Onufrienko, Carl E. Walz, Mikhail Tyurin, Frank L. Culbertson and Vladimir N. Dezhurov. Culbertson, Expedition Three commander, as well as flight engineers Tyurin and Dezhurov, will use the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-105 to reach the station for a lengthy stay and then return to Earth aboard Endeavour. They will be replaced aboard the orbital outpost by Onufrienko, Expedition Four commander, along with Bursch and Walz, both flight engineers. The Expedition Four crew will accompany the STS-108 crew into Earth orbit. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Onufrienko represent Rosaviakosmos

NM18-307-014 (March-July 1995) --- Onboard Mir's Spektr module, cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov re-routes cables as part of the module's activation process. This visual was one of many shown by the Mir-18 crew at a press conference on July 18 in Houston.

Crew members for two joint Space Shuttle/Mir missions greet the press during a break in medical operations training at JSC. Left to right are Nikolai M. Budarin, Anatoly Y. Solovyev, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Gennadiy M. Strekalov, Norman E. Thagard and Vladimir N. Dezhurov.

JSC2000-E-27079 (20 October 2000) --- From left, Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mikhail Turin, Kenneth D. Bowersox, Yuri P. Gidzenko, Sergei K. Krikalev and William M. (Bill) Shepherd, the backup and prime crew members for Expedition One, during conference prior to simulation at Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan.

The Expedition 3 crew answers questions during the press conference. From left to right: Cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both Expedition 3 Flight Engineers (FE), and Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Expedition 3 Mission Commander.

JSC2000-E-27080 (20 October 2000) --- In background, from left, Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mikhail Turin, Kenneth D. Bowersox, Yuri P. Gidzenko, Sergei K. Krikalev and William M. (Bill) Shepherd, the backup and prime crew members for Expedition One, during conference prior to simulation at Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan.

In the Space Station Processing Facility, Cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev (left), Vladimir Dezhurov (second from left), and Yuri Gidzenko (right) look over equipment for the International Space Station (ISS). All three are scheduled to take part in missions to construct the ISS in 1999 and later

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-5171 (17 August 2001) --- The Expedition Three (white shirts), STS-105 (striped shirts), and Expedition Two (red shirts) crews assemble for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Three crew members are, from bottom to top, cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both flight engineers, and Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., mission commander; STS-105 crew members are, front row, Daniel T. Barry, mission specialist, and Scott J. Horowitz, commander, back row, Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, pilot, and Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist; Expedition Two crew members are, from top to bottom, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, mission commander, James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms, flight engineers. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Usachev represent Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-105 and Expedition Three crews pose in the White Room on Launch Pad 39A. Standing are (left to right) Pilot Rick Sturckow, Mission Specialist Patrick Forrester, Commander Scott Horowitz and Mission Specialist Daniel Barry. Kneeling are cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Commander Frank Culbertson and cosmonaut Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov. Tyurin and Dezhurov are with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. Both crews are at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which include emergency egress, a simulated launch countdown and familiarization with the payload. Mission STS-105 will be transporting the Expedition Three crew, several payloads and scientific experiments to the International Space Station aboard Discovery. The current Expedition Two crew members on the Station will return to Earth on Discovery. Launch of Discovery is scheduled no earlier than Aug. 9, 2001

S94-34094 (16 June 1994) --- Crewmembers for the joint Space Shuttle/Mir missions meet the press at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). On the dais are, left to right, cosmonauts Nikolai M. Budarin, Anatoly Y. Solovyov, Gennady M. Strekalov and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, and astronauts Bonnie J. Dunbar and Norman E. Thagard. In a precedent-setting flight, Thagard will be launched with Dezhurov and Strekalov to Mir early next year for a three month mission, designated as Mir 18, on Russia's space station. Then in late May, as the assignment of STS-71, the space shuttle Atlantis will rendezvous with Mir to pick up the Mir 18 crew and transfer cosmonauts Solovyov and Budarin to the station for the Mir 19 mission. STS-71 mission specialist Dunbar is training as Thagard's backup.

ISS003-E-7039 (23-31 October 2001) --- The Expedition Three crew (bottom) and the Soyuz Taxi crew assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Three crewmembers are astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (center), mission commander, and cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both flight engineers. The Soyuz taxi crewmembers are Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev (left), Commander Victor Afanasyev, and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere. Tyurin, Dezhurov, Afanasyev, and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos. 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-5168 (17 August 2001) --- The Expedition Three (white shirts), STS-105 (striped shirts), and Expedition Two (red shirts) crews assemble for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Three crew members are, from front to back, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., mission commander; and cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineers; STS-105 crew members are, front row, Patrick G. Forrester and Daniel T. Barry, mission specialists, and back row, Scott J. Horowitz, commander, and Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, pilot; Expedition Two crew members are, from front to back, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, mission commander, James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms, flight engineers. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Usachev represent Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-7032 (23-31 October 2001) --- The Expedition Three crew (bottom) and the Soyuz Taxi crew assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Three crewmembers are astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (center), mission commander, and cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both flight engineers. The Soyuz Taxi crewmembers are Commander Victor Afanasyev (left), French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere, and Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev. Tyurin, Dezhurov, Afanasyev, and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos. 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Expedition Three crew member Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov undergoes suit fit check as part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. He and fellow crew members Commander Frank Culbertson and Mikhail Tyurin are taking part in the TCDT along with the STS-105 crew: Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow, and Mission Specialists Daniel Barry and Patrick Forrester. Dezhurov and Tyurin are both with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. The TCDT also includes emergency egress training and a simulated launch countdown. Mission STS-105 will be transporting the Expedition Three crew, several payloads and scientific experiments to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The current Expedition Two crew members on the Station will return to Earth on Discovery. Launch of Discovery is scheduled no earlier than Aug. 9, 2001

STS071-102-027 (27 June - 7 July 1995) --- Onboard the Spacelab Science Module in the Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay, four astronauts and a cosmonaut team up to collect data from Mir-18 crew members who have been aboard Russia's Mir Space Station for four months. Astronauts Ellen S. Baker (left), Gregory J. Harbaugh (top center) and Bonnie J. Dunbar, STS-71 mission specialists, are joined by astronaut Norman E. Thagard (right) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov (on bicycle ergometer) in the module. Dezhurov was Mir-18 commander and Thagard served as a cosmonaut researcher on the Mir-18 mission. The three STS-71 mission specialists lifted off aboard Atlantis on June 27, 1995, to participate in the historic link-up.

STS105-306-005 (15 August 2001) --- Seven astronauts and three cosmonauts representing Rosaviakosmos are just about to share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS) in this "fish-eye" lens view. Positioned at the table (counter-clockwise from the foreground) are Scott J. Horowitz, STS-105 mission commander; Daniel T. Barry, STS-105 mission specialist; Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, STS-105 pilot; Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer; Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer; Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist; and Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two commander. In background, from the left, are Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three flight engineer; Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three commander; and James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Usachev represent Rosaviakosmos.

S94-34099 (16 June 1994) --- Crewmembers for two of the joint Space Shuttle/Mir missions pose for photographs after fielding questions from the press at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Left to right are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar, cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyov, Gennadiy M. Strekalov and Vladimir N. Dezhurov; and astronaut Norman E. Thagard. In a precedent-setting flight, Thagard will be launched with Dezhurov and Strekalov to Russia?s Mir Space Station early next year for a three-month mission, designated as Mir 18. Then in late May, as the assignment of STS-71, the Space Shuttle Atlantis will rendezvous with Mir to pick up the Mir 18 crew and transfer cosmonauts Solovyov and Budarin to the station for the Mir 19 mission. STS-71 mission specialist Dunbar is training as Thagard?s backup.

STS105-308-029 (15 August 2001) --- Astronauts and cosmonauts representing three different crews are just about to share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Scott J. Horowitz, STS-105 mission commander, opens a can of food as he floats near the ceiling. Others from the left are astronaut Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer; Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three commander; Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two commander; James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer. Not pictured are Daniel T. Barry, STS-105 mission specialist; Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, STS-105 pilot; Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist; and Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three flight engineer. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Usachev represent Rosaviakosmos.

STS105-314-008 (10-22 August 2001) --- Astronauts and cosmonauts representing three different crews are just about to share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From left to right are astronauts Patrick G. Forrester and Daniel T. Barry, both STS-105 mission specialists; Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, STS-105 pilot; Scott J. Horowitz, STS-105 mission commander; astronaut Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer; and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer. Not pictured are Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., and Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three commander and flight engineer, respectively; and Yury V. Usachev and James S. Voss, Expedition Two commander and flight engineer, respectively. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Usachev represent Rosaviakosmos.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Expedition Three crew member Mikhail Tyurin undergoes suit fit check as part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. He and fellow crew members Commander Frank Culbertson and Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov are taking part in the TCDT along with the STS-105 crew: Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow, and Mission Specialists Daniel Barry and Patrick Forrester. Dezhurov and Tyurin are both with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. The TCDT also includes emergency egress training and a simulated launch countdown. Mission STS-105 will be transporting the Expedition Three crew, several payloads and scientific experiments to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The current Expedition Two crew members on the Station will return to Earth on Discovery. Launch of Discovery is scheduled no earlier than Aug. 9, 2001

S95-04323 (22 Feb 1995) --- In keeping with Russian tradition, astronaut Norman E. Thagard (seated, left), guest researcher, watches as Vladimir N. Dezhurov (seated, center), signs the diary of the late Yuriy A. Gagarin, the first Russian cosmonaut, as his Mir 18 crew mates and the subsequent Mir crewmembers look on. Cosmonauts Dezhurov, mission commander, and Gennadiy M. Strekalov (seated right, partially obscured), flight engineer, have been training with Thagard in both the United States and Russia for the past several months. Watching are, standing left to right, astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar, Thagard?s alternate crew member; and cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyev, Mir 19 mission commander, and Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Before suitup, the STS-105 and Expedition Three crews celebrate the pending launch with a special cake. In red shirts, seated left to right, are STS-105 Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester and Daniel Barry, Pilot Rick Sturckow and Commander Scott Horowitz. In blue shirts are the Expedition Three crew, Commander Frank Culbertson, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin. Dezhurov and Tyurin are cosmonauts with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. On the mission, Discovery will be transporting the Expedition Three crew and several payloads and scientific experiments to the ISS, including the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) tank. The EAS, which will support the thermal control subsystems until a permanent system is activated, will be attached to the Station during two spacewalks. The three-member Expedition Two crew will be returning to Earth aboard Discovery after a five-month stay on the Station. Launch is scheduled for 5:38 p.m. EDT Aug. 9

STS105-E-5200 (15 August 2001) --- Beverages are held high in a toast onboard the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS) as the astronauts and cosmonauts of STS-105 and Expedition Two and Expedition Three gather for one of their first joint meals. Nearest the digital camera's lens at lower right corner is astronaut Daniel T. Barry, STS-105 mission specialist. Others, clockwise around the table, are astronauts Scott J. Horowitz, STS-105 commander; and Frederick W. Sturckow, STS-105 pilot; cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin, both Expedition Three flight engineers, Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three commander; cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two commander, and astronaut James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer. Usachev, Dezhurov and Tyurin represent Rosaviakosmos. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.