ISS007-E-14887 (15 September 2003) --- This view of Hurricane Isabel was taken by one of the Expedition 7 crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS007-E-14893 (15 September 2003) --- This view of Hurricane Isabel was taken by one of the Expedition 7 crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia adjust his watch shirtly after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Revin, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Acaba, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia dons his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Revin, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka smiles after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, and Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia dons his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Revin, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba dons his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Acaba, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba dons his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Acaba, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba waves to family and friends as he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked prior to his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Acaba, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
ISS014-E-19539 (17 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station enjoy a light moment as they pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the Destiny laboratory. From the left are cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer; cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer. Tyurin, Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.
ISS014-E-19536 (17 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the Destiny laboratory. From the left are cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer. Tyurin, Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.
ISS014-E-19535 (17 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the Destiny laboratory. From the left are cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer. Tyurin, Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.
ISS014-E-19526 (17 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the Destiny laboratory. From the left are cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer. Tyurin, Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.
ISS007-E-14892 (15 September 2003) --- This close-up view of the eye of Hurricane Isabel was taken by one of the Expedition 7 crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS008-E-16328 (15 February 2004) --- A major dust storm in the Kerman Desert, just east of the city of Bam in Southeastern Iran, was featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 8 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS007-E-12797 (15 August 2003) --- This close-up view of a solar array panel was taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS007-E-14882 (15 September 2003) --- This close-up view of the eye of Hurricane Isabel was taken by one of the Expedition 7 crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS007-E-14883 (15 September 2003) --- This close-up view of the eye of Hurricane Isabel was taken by one of the Expedition 7 crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, left, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, right, don their Russian Sokol suits ahead of their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, left, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, right, talk with family members after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Flight Engineer Sergei Revin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Revin, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Flight Engineer Joe Acaba has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Acaba, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Flight Engineer Sergei Revin sits down to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Revin, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Flight Engineer Joe Acaba has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Acaba, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Flight Engineer Sergei Revin sits down to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Revin, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, left, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin talk as technicians assist with donning the Russian Sokol suits ahead of their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, left, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, right, don their Russian Sokol suits ahead of their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Flight Engineer Joe Acaba has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Acaba, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba waves farewell to friends and family as his bus departs the Cosmonaut Hotel with fellow Expedition 31 crew members, Commander Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, and Acaba onboard launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
ISS015-E-34389 (12 Oct. 2007) --- Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor waves to an Expedition 15 crewmember (out of frame) as he ingresses the International Space Station after arriving onboard a Soyuz spacecraft with two Expedition 16 crewmembers.
ISS015-E-34392 (12 Oct. 2007) --- Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor shakes hands with an Expedition 15 crewmember (out of frame) as he ingresses the International Space Station after arriving onboard a Soyuz spacecraft with two Expedition 16 crewmembers.
ISS014-E-20132 (April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module. Pictured (left to right) are U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi; astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer; and cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency.
ISS015-E-34617 (16 Oct. 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are cosmonauts Oleg V. Kotov and Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 flight engineer and commander, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. From the left (back row) are cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15/16 flight engineer.
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, seated left, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, seated right, pose for a picture with their backup crew members Kevin Ford, standing left, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin, standing right, just a few hours before their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, left, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, right, receive a formal go for launch from Vitaly Alexandrovich Lopota, President of Energia, left, and Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
S123-E-006273 (15 March 2008) --- Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Gregory H. Johnson peer out of the Node 2, Harmony, during a brief break onboard the International Space Station. Whitson is in the midst of a long-term stay on ISS as Expedition 16 commander. Johnson is the STS-123 crew's pilot of Endeavour.
NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, left, and Joe Acaba, right, present Jerry Farnsworth, chief of staff at Arlington National Cemetery with a patch flown onboard the International Space Station during Expedition 54, Friday, June 15, 2018 in Arlington, Va. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
S118-E-06106 (10 Aug. 2007) --- Not long after hatch opening and the greeting of STS-118 and Expedition 15 crewmembers reuniting onboard the International Space Station, astronaut Alvin Drew, mission specialist, was ready for work, including preparation for a spacewalk scheduled for two of his crewmates on the following day.
ISS008-E-16355 (15 February 2004) --- A massive sandstorm over the Persian Gulf state of Qatar blows southward toward southeastern Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in this image photographed by an Expedition 8 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS021-E-007175 (15 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (left), Expedition 21 commander; and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, flight engineer, conduct an onboard training (OBT) fire drill in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.
NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, speak with Ambassador of India to the United States H.E. Mr. Vinay Kwatra, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador in Washington. Williams, Hague and Wilmore served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
S121-E-07707 (15 July 2006) --- After almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery, the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews bid farewell to each other prior to the undocking of the two spacecraft. Pictured are astronauts Piers J. Sellers, STS-121 mission specialist; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, Expedition 13 flight engineer; Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist; and cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.
Queen Elizabeth II, lower right, talks to Expedition 15 crew members from left, NASA astronaut, Sunita Williams, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin and cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov aboard the International Space Station crew along with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, lower left and NASA astronaut Michael Foale during a downlink at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Operational Control Room, Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Greenbelt, Md. NASA Goddard was one of the last stops on the Queen's six-day visit to the United States. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
S123-E-006258 (15 March 2008) --- Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, joins two members of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 crew onboard Destiny, the U.S. laboratory. European Space Agency astronaut Leopold Eyharts, center, will return to Earth with the Endeavour crew after having served a couple of months as flight engineer onboard the station. Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, mission specialist, is at the station's Canadarm2 controls.
S118-E-06090 (10 Aug. 2007) --- Onboard Endeavour's flight deck, astronaut Charlie Hobaugh, STS-118 pilot, communicates with ground controllers and/or Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the International Space Station as the two spacecraft link up in space. Ten astronauts and cosmonauts are scheduled to spend the next several days performing important work on the orbital outpost.
Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, shakes hands with Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Williams is seen with Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, center, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, receive a formal go for launch from Vitaly Alexandrovich Lopota, President of Energia, left, and Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
S121-E-07573 (15 July 2006) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.
S121-E-07894 (15 July 2006) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.
Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams lies in a chair to have her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams lies in a chair to have her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
S121-E-07596 (15 July 2006) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.
Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
ISS007-E-10244 (15 July 2003) --- The Expedition 7 crew onboard the International Space Station (ISS) had a great seat from which to observe tropical storm Claudette as she turned into a hurricane and came ashore with high winds and heavy rains that drenched their Houston home base and other Texas areas. This digital image was recorded at 13:26:41 GMT, July 15, 2003.
S121-E-07571 (15 July 2006) --- Backdropped against a colorful Earth, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.
Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams dons her Russian Sokol suit in preparation for her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
S121-E-07577 (15 July 2006) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.
S121-E-07870 (15 July 2006) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered Earth, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.
S121-E-07883 (15 July 2006) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.
ISS032-E-007896 (15 July 2012) --- The Expedition 32 crew onboard the International Space Station, flying an altitude of approximately 240 miles, recorded a series of images of Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights, on July 15. NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, flight engineer, recorded the series of images from the Tranquility node. The Canadarm2 robot arm is in the foreground.
Expedition 32 JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 32 JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams wait after having their Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Malenchenko and Williams is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 32 JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams dons her Russian Sokol suit in preparation for her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
ISS015-E-07904 (15 May 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. The Progress 25 resupply craft launched at 10:25 p.m. (CDT) on May 11, 2007 from the Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:10 a.m. (CDT) on May 15 as the spacecraft and the station flew approximately 208 miles above a point of the Earth off the northeast coast of Australia.
ISS015-E-08017 (15 May 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. The Progress 25 resupply craft launched at 10:25 p.m. (CDT) on May 11, 2007 from the Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:10 a.m. (CDT) on May 15 as the spacecraft and the station flew approximately 208 miles above a point of the Earth off the northeast coast of Australia.
ISS015-E-08028 (15 May 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. The Progress 25 resupply craft launched at 10:25 p.m. (CDT) on May 11, 2007 from the Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:10 a.m. (CDT) on May 15 as the spacecraft and the station flew approximately 208 miles above a point of the Earth off the northeast coast of Australia.
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
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)
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
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)
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 62 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka is seen outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after he landed with NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin performs the traditional door signing prior to his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Yurchikhin was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock on a mission to the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 62 astronaut Jessica Meir is seen outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after she landed with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 62 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka is seen outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after he landed with NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
ISS015-E-34399 (12 Oct. 2007) --- Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (left) shares his first moments on the International Space Station with Expedition 15 crewmembers Oleg Kotov (center) and Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer and commander, respectively, both with Russia's Federal Space Agency. The three are in the Zvezda Service Module. Sheikh Shukor arrived at the space station onboard a Soyuz spacecraft with two Expedition 16 crewmembers.
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 62 astronaut Jessica Meir is seen outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after she landed with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock performs the traditional door signing prior to his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Wheelock was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin on a mission to the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 62 crew member Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos smiles after he and NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir landed in their Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
ISS015-E-34402 (12 Oct. 2007) --- Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (left) shares his first moments on the International Space Station with Expedition 15 crewmembers Oleg Kotov (center) and Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer and commander, respectively, both with Russia's Federal Space Agency. The three are in the Zvezda Service Module. Sheikh Shukor arrived at the space station onboard a Soyuz spacecraft with two Expedition 16 crewmembers
Expedition 62 astronaut Jessica Meir is seen outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after she landed with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 62 astronaut Andrew Morgan is seen outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after he landed with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 62 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka is seen outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after he landed with NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 62 astronaut Andrew Morgan is seen outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after he landed with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)