Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev rests in a chair shortly after he and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev is carried in a chair to the medical tent shortly after he and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli and Flight Engineer Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
PHOTO DATE: 07-13-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Dmitri Kondratyev during their docking timeline training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 07-13-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Dmitri Kondratyev during their docking timeline training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 07-13-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Dmitri Kondratyev during their docking timeline training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 07-13-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Dmitri Kondratyev during their docking timeline training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 07-13-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Dmitri Kondratyev during their docking timeline training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 07-13-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Dmitri Kondratyev during their docking timeline training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 07-13-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Dmitri Kondratyev during their docking timeline training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev is seen at the State Commission press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander, is seen at the State Commission meeting held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev speaks at the State Commission press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, left, shakes hands with Deputy Chair of the State Commission Mr. Skorobogotov after Kondratyev arrived at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia and several hours after he and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Chief, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Sergei Krikalev shakes hands and welcomes home Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia several hours after Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev is helped out of the Spyuz TMA-20 spacecraft shortly after he and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli landed southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, left, is seen after arriving at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia several hours after he and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Kondratyev and fellow Expedition 26 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Kondratyev and fellow Expedition 26 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman plays "A Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen on the flute as Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander looks on at the State Commission press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev holds a patch as Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, left, looks on at the State Commission press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expeditionn 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, right, speaks as Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman looks on at the State Commission press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, right, speaks as Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, looks on at the State Commission press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, left, Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, right, join hands following the State Commission press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, right, speaks at the State Commission press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, as Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman look on. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman performs the traditional door signing Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Coleman was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and ESA Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 crew members from bottom Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, wave to the crowd prior to launching at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, center, is seen receiving the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel the evening before her Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Coleman, Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli launched to the ISS onboard a Soyuz rocket the following morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 European Space Agency astronaut and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli performs the traditional door signing Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Nespoli was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, smiling, and Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev wait to have their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Kazakhstan. Expedition 26 back up crew members Satoshi Furukawa, standing far right, and Anatoly Ivanishin are seen as they support the prime crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
From left; Catherine Coleman, NASA Flight Engineer, Dmitry Kondratyev, Soyuz Commander, Paolo Nespoli, Italian astronaut and Flight Engineer, Michael Fossum, Expedition 26 back up crew member, Anatoly Ivanishin, Expedition 26 back up crew member and Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 26 back up crew member are seen at the State Commission meeting held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The crews of Expedition 25 and Expedition 26 are seen on a large screen TV at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after Expedition 26's arrival to the International Space Station on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. From top left clockwise: Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly, Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka, Flight Engineer and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Flight Engineer Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
From left; Catherine Coleman, NASA Flight Engineer, Dmitry Kondratyev, Soyuz Commander, Paolo Nespoli, Italian astronaut and Flight Engineer, Michael Fossum, Expedition 26 back up crew member, Anatoly Ivanishin, Expedition 26 back up crew member and Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 26 back up crew member are seen at the State Commission press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
ISS027-E-017324 (27 April 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander, is pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
Vladislav Kondratyev, son of Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, is seen at Russian Mission Control in Korolev, Russia speaking to his father shortly after his arrival at the International Space Station on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
ISS026-E-017718 (15 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman assists cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) with a haircut in the Kibo laboratory on the International Space Station. Kondratyev and Coleman used a vacuum cleaner to remove free-floating hair particles from the air.
ISS026-E-017705 (15 Jan. 2011) --- Cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), a flight engineer on the Expedition 26 crew, adds finishing touches to a haircut onboard the International Space Station. Two other flight engineers -- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (both out of frame)-- assisted Kondratyev in the Kibo laboratory. Kondratyev was Soyuz commander for Coleman's and Nespoli's trip to the orbital outpost and will resume that role when the three return to Earth.
ISS026-E-027341 (16 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, work in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
ISS026-E-030136 (25 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer, moves stowage containers in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
ISS026-E-016985 (11 Jan. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer, participates in an emergency scenarios drill in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
ISS026-E-030137 (25 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (foreground), Expedition 26 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, flight engineer, move stowage containers in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman is helped out of the Spyuz TMA-20 spacecraft shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Paolo Nespoli landed southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli smiles shortly after he and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and rescue helicopters are seen as they prepare for the landing of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS026-E-027368 (16 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a Russian Orlan-MK spacesuit, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) focused on the installation of two scientific experiments outside the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. During the four-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Kondratyev and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (out of frame), flight engineer, installed a pair of earthquake and lightning sensing experiments and retrieved a pair of spacecraft material evaluation panels.
ISS026-E-027391 (16 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a Russian Orlan-MK spacesuit, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) focused on the installation of two scientific experiments outside the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. During the four-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Kondratyev and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (out of frame), flight engineer, installed a pair of earthquake and lightning sensing experiments and retrieved a pair of spacecraft material evaluation panels.
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and rescue helicopters are seen as they prepare for the landing of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman is carried in a chair to the medical tent shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS026-E-027361 (16 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a Russian Orlan-MK spacesuit, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) focused on the installation of two scientific experiments outside the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. During the four-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Kondratyev and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (out of frame), flight engineer, installed a pair of earthquake and lightning sensing experiments and retrieved a pair of spacecraft material evaluation panels.
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and rescue helicopters are seen as they prepare for the landing of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS027-E-029828 (13 May 2011) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander; and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, flight engineer, prepare to perform a fit check in their body-contoured Kazbek couches in the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Kondratyev, Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (out of frame) are scheduled to return to Earth on May 23.
ISS026-E-014250 (3 Jan. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer, sets up the Russian MBI-12 payload for a Sonokard experiment session in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Kondratyev used a sports shirt from the Sonokard kit with a special device in the pocket for testing a new method for acquiring physiological data without using direct contact on the skin. Measurements are recorded on a data card for return to Earth.
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman peeks out of a window of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman smiles shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JSC2010-E-185685 (8 Nov. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer and Expedition 27 commander, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
ISS027-E-007033 (19 March 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, flight engineer, use still cameras to photograph the topography of points on Earth from windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
ISS027-E-019707 (25 April 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (foreground), Expedition 27 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Ron Garan (right background), both flight engineers, work in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS026-E-034321 (15 March 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26/27 flight engineer, are pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS026-E-018986 (21 Jan. 2011) --- Attired in their Russian Orlan spacesuits, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev (left) and Oleg Skripochka, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, are pictured in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station as their session of extravehicular activity (EVA) draws to a close.
ISS027-E-015620 (22 April 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander, photographs the departure of the unpiloted ISS Progress 41 supply vehicle through a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
The Soyuz TMA-20 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, December 16, 2010 carrying Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
JSC2009-E-049931 (February 2009) --- Cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer and Expedition 27 commander, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
ISS027-E-007039 (19 March 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, flight engineer, use still cameras at windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
ISS027-E-007032 (19 March 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, flight engineer, use still cameras to photograph the topography of points on Earth from windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
The Soyuz TMA-20 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, December 16, 2010 carrying Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
ISS026-E-016976 (11 Jan. 2011) --- Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev (left) and Oleg Skripochka, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, look over a procedures manual during an emergency scenarios drill in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
ISS027-E-007014 (19 March 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, flight engineer, use still cameras to photograph the topography of points on Earth from windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
ISS027-E-007035 (19 March 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, flight engineer, use still cameras at windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
ISS027-E-015622 (22 April 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander, is pictured near a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while photographing the departure of the unpiloted ISS Progress 41 supply vehicle.
ISS027-E-019162 (29 April 2011) --- Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev (foreground), Expedition 27 flight engineer; and Dmitry Kondratyev, commander, are busy at work in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during rendezvous and docking activities of the ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle.
ISS027-E-015621 (22 April 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander, photographs the departure of the unpiloted ISS Progress 41 supply vehicle through a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS026-E-034314 (15 March 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (center), Expedition 26 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26/27 flight engineer, are pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS027-E-007015 (19 March 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, flight engineer, use still cameras to photograph the topography of points on Earth from windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
ISS027-E-032650 (18 May 2011) --- Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev(right), Expedition 27 commander,and NASA astronaut Ron Garan, flight engineer, support the May 18, 2011 docking of space shuttle Endeavour and the ISS.
ISS027-E-015253 (22 April 2011) --- A close-up view of the unpiloted ISS Progress 41 supply vehicle is photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member as it departs from the International Space Station at 7:41 a.m. (EDT) on April 22, 2011. Filled with trash and discarded items, Progress 41 will remain in orbit a safe distance from the station for engineering tests before being commanded by flight controllers to descend to a destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The departure of Progress 41 clears the way for the next unpiloted supply ship, ISS Progress 42, which is set to launch April 27 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivering three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 27 crew.
ISS027-E-013433 (13 April 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 27 flight engineer, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, is pictured in the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft currently docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) of the International Space Station. Nespoli was conducting a fit check of his Kazbek couch in the Soyuz.
ISS027-E-015247 (22 April 2011) --- A close-up view of the unpiloted ISS Progress 41 supply vehicle is photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member as it departs from the International Space Station at 7:41 a.m. (EDT) on April 22, 2011. Filled with trash and discarded items, Progress 41 will remain in orbit a safe distance from the station for engineering tests before being commanded by flight controllers to descend to a destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The departure of Progress 41 clears the way for the next unpiloted supply ship, ISS Progress 42, which is set to launch April 27 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivering three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 27 crew.
ISS027-E-032285 (18 May 2011) --- This high angle, partial view of the starboard side of the space shuttle Endeavour’s crew cabin and forward payload bay was provided by an Expedition 27 crew member during a survey of the approaching STS-134 vehicle prior to docking with the International Space Station. As part of the survey and part of every mission's activities, Endeavour performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). The image was photographed with a digital still camera, using a 1000mm lens.
ISS027-E-032428 (18 May 2011) --- This high angle, partial view of the port side of the space shuttle Endeavour’s crew cabin was provided by an Expedition 27 crew member during a survey of the approaching STS-134 vehicle prior to docking with the International Space Station. As part of the survey and part of every mission's activities, Endeavour performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). The image was photographed with a digital still camera, using a 1000mm lens.
ISS027-E-032429 (18 May 2011) --- This high angle, partial view of the space shuttle Endeavour’s crew cabin was provided by an Expedition 27 crew member during a survey of the approaching STS-134 vehicle prior to docking with the International Space Station. As part of the survey and part of every mission's activities, Endeavour performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). The image was photographed with a digital still camera, using a 1000mm lens.
ISS027-E-032405 (18 May 2011) --- This high angle, partial view of the space shuttle Endeavour’s crew cabin and docking mechanism was provided by an Expedition 27 crew member during a survey of the approaching STS-134 vehicle prior to docking with the International Space Station. As part of the survey and part of every mission's activities, Endeavour performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). The image was photographed with a digital still camera, using a 1000mm lens.
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman answers reporters questions in traditional Kazakh dress during a press conference at the Karaganda airport shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS026-E-018411 (18 Jan. 2011) --- Attired in blue thermal undergarments that complement the Russian Orlan spacesuit, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev (left) and Oleg Skripochka, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, prepare to don and check out their Orlan spacesuits in preparation for a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 21, 2011. During the spacewalk Kondratyev and Skripochka will complete the installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, install a camera for the new Rassvet docking module and retrieve a materials exposure package.
ISS026-E-018421 (18 Jan. 2011) --- Attired in blue thermal undergarments that complement the Russian Orlan spacesuit, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev (left) and Oleg Skripochka, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, prepare to don and check out their Orlan spacesuits in preparation for a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 21, 2011. During the spacewalk Kondratyev and Skripochka will complete the installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, install a camera for the new Rassvet docking module and retrieve a materials exposure package.
ISS026-E-018429 (18 Jan. 2011) --- Attired in blue thermal undergarments that complement the Russian Orlan spacesuit, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev (left) and Oleg Skripochka, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, prepare to don and check out their Orlan spacesuits in preparation for a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 21, 2011. During the spacewalk Kondratyev and Skripochka will complete the installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, install a camera for the new Rassvet docking module and retrieve a materials exposure package.
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman waves hello and talks on a satellite phone to her family shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JSC2010-E-195167 (10 Dec. 2010) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Kazakhstan, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight engineer (from left), NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa take part in recreational activities while Soyuz commander Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) looks on. Nespoli, Coleman and Kondratyev will launch Dec. 16 (Kazakhstan time) to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
ISS027-E-034867(18 May 2011) --- Soon after the space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station on May 18, six crew members from each spacecraft greeted and reunited before starting in on several days of shared work. Here, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly greets two members of the Expedition 27 crew -- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (left), flight engineer, and Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander. Nespoli and Kondratyev, along with NASA astronaut Cady Coleman (not pictured), will be returning to Earth on May 23, leaving nine astronauts and cosmonauts to continue several more days of joint activities.
ISS028-E-005026 (23 May 2011) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station on May 23, 2011. Onboard are three members of Expedition 27 -- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 and Soyuz commander; NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Kondratyev was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 5:35 p.m. (EDT) from the station's Rassvet module. The crew landed safely at 10:27 p.m. southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
ISS026-E-018424 (18 Jan. 2011) --- Attired in blue thermal undergarments that complement the Russian Orlan spacesuit, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev (left) and Oleg Skripochka, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, prepare to don and check out their Orlan spacesuits in preparation for a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 21, 2011. During the spacewalk Kondratyev and Skripochka will complete the installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, install a camera for the new Rassvet docking module and retrieve a materials exposure package.