Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is helped into a helicopter shortly after he and Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 flight engineer Anton Shkaplerov rests outside the Soyuz TMA-22 Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and flight engineer Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. Shkaplerov, Burbank, and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 flight engineer Anatoly Ivanishin rests outside the Soyuz TMA-22 Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and flight engineer Anton Shkaplerov landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. Ivanishin, Burbank, and Shkaplerov are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is welcomed home by colleagues and family in Star City, Russia on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Russian Cosmonaut Ivanishin, Expedition 30 Commander Daniel Burbank, and Russian Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov landed outside of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan earlier in the day from over five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedtion 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is seen as he rests outside the Soyuz TMA-22 Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank speaks with his family via satellite phone outside the Soyuz TMA-22 capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank smiles as he rests outside the Soyuz TMA-22 Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 flight engineer and Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin is seen smiling as he is extracted from the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and flight engineer Anton Shkaplerov in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. Ivanishin, Burbank and Shkaplerov are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank signs his autograph for Russian crew support personnel, Friday, April 27, 2012 in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank looks out the window of his helicopter as it prepares to depart for Kustanai from the Soyuz TMA-22 capsule landing site outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Daniel Burbank is seen in a gift of traditional Kazakhstan dress during a welcome ceremony at the Kostanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, and Russian Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is seen in a gift of traditional Kazakhstan dress during a welcome ceremony at the Kostanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, and Russian Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Anton Shkaplerov is seen in a gift of traditional Kazakhstan dress during a welcome ceremony at the Kostanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, and Russian Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, center, is attended to by his doctor and crew support personnel following his landing in the Soyuz-22 spacecraft, Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is helped out of a Russian All-Terrain vehicle shortly after he and Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 flight engineer and Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin is seen as he is extracted from the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and flight engineer Anton Shkaplerov in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. Ivanishin, Burbank and Shkaplerov are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA and GCTC (Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center) crew support personnel enter the inflatable medical tent in which Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, and flight engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin are being checked out shortly after their Soyuz TMA-22 capsule landed out side the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 27, 2012. Burbank, and Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anatoly Ivanishin, far left, and Anton Shkaplerov are welcomed home by colleagues and family in Star City, Russia on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Russian Cosmonauts Ivanishin, Shkaplerov and Expedition 30 Commander Daniel Burbank landed outside of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan earlier in the day from over five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedtion 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
201204270011hq (April 27, 2020) --- Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos rests outside the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after parachuting to Earth with crewmates (out of frame) Dan Burbank of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos. Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 NASA astronaut and Flight Engineer Don Pettit performs the traditional door signing Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Pettit was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the same evening with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuiperson a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuipers performs the traditional door signing Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kuipers was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the same evening with Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and Soyuz Commander and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 NASA astronaut and Flight Engineer Don Pettit performs the traditional door signing Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Pettit was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the same evening with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuiperson a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Seated from left, Expedition 30 Commander Daniel Burbank, Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov, and Anatoly Ivanishin are seen during a welcome ceremony and press conference at the Kostanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, and Russian Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is seen as he is extracted from the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Russian flight engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. Burbank, Ivanishin, and Shkaplerov are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko is seen after performing the traditional door signing Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kononenko was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the same evening with Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuipers on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, left, Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Anatoly Ivanishin sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian support personnel work to help get crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, and Flight Engineers Anton Skhaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian support personnel work to help get crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, and Flight Engineers Anton Skhaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
201204270043hq (April 27, 2012) --- Expedition 30 Flight Engineer and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin is extracted from the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after parachuting to Earth with crewmates (out of frame) Dan Burbank of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos. Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Expedition 30 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuipers, center, is seen as he is escorted to the Soyuz launch pad just hours prior to his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the day before his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, center, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the day before his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuipers, center, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the day before his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is obscured by the venting of liquid oxygen on it's launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 just hours before its launch to send the crew of Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The flags representing Kazakhstan and the nations of the three crewmembers who will launch in the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft are shown at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. From left to right are the flags of The Netherlands, Russia, the United States and Kazakhstan. Scheduled to launch on December 21st local time are Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at dusk an hour before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. The crew of Expedition 30, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency) Andre Kuipers launched at 7:16pm local time to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A locomotive backs into Building 112 as it prepares to hitch up with the railcar that will transport the Soyuz TMA-03M to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is obscured by the venting of liquid oxygen on it's launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 just hours before its launch to send the crew of Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Launch pad engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan are dwarfed by the large gantry mechanisms at the base of the Soyuz TMA-03M rocket following its rollout to the pad on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, second from left, and Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, second from right, are seen as they are escorted to the Soyuz launch pad just hours prior to their launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz rocket is seen as it approaches the Soyuz launch pad on Monday, Dec. 21, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz rocket is seen as it approaches the Soyuz launch pad on Monday, Dec. 21, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at dusk an hour before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. The crew of Expedition 30, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency) Andre Kuipers launched at 7:16pm local time to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, bottom, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit of the U.S., and ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers, top, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Kononenko, Pettit and Kuipers launched in their Soyuz TMA-03M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:16 p.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
ISS030-E-267843 (25 April 2012) --- Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 crew members pose for a group portrait in the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory following the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 30 to Expedition 31. Pictured on the front row are NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, both Expedition 30 flight engineers; European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, both Expedition 31 flight engineers.
ISS030-E-267839 (25 April 2012) --- Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 crew members pose for a group portrait in the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory following the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 30 to Expedition 31. Pictured on the front row are NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, both Expedition 30 flight engineers; European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, both Expedition 31 flight engineers.
ISS030-E-257799 (27 April 2012) --- Expedition 30 crew members bid farewell to Expedition 31 crew members in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station prior to boarding their Soyuz spacecraft for their trip back to Earth. Pictured (from the left) are Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Expedition 30 flight engineer; NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander; Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander; Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Expedition 30 flight engineer and Soyuz commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 31 flight engineer. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, is out of frame.
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is carried in a chair to the medical tent after he and Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in Soyuz TMA-22 capsule in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, and Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
JSC2011-E-215048 (15 Aug. 2011) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (center), Expedition 30 flight engineer and Expedition 31 commander; along with NASA astronaut Don Pettit (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, both Expedition 30/31 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
ISS030-E-241374 (21 April 2012) --- Expedition 30 crew members pose for a photo in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Pictured at bottom are NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer. Pictured from the left (back row) are Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, Anton Shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, all flight engineers.
ISS030-E-241329 (21 April 2012) --- In the Unity node, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (right), Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (center) and Anatoly Ivanishin, both flight engineers, pose for a photo after adding the Expedition 30 patch to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-241318 (21 April 2012) --- In the Unity node, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (right), Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (center) and Anatoly Ivanishin, both flight engineers, prepare to add the Expedition 30 patch to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-035698 (30 Dec. 2011) --- This almost vertical scene of the Persian Gulf was photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 30, 2011. A Russian spacecraft, docked to the orbital outpost, is seen at left edge of frame.
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the next trio to launch to the International Space Station share a light moment during their traditional crew news conference Dec. 1, 2011. From left to right are Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko. The crewmembers will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 21 on their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. Credit: NASA
ISS030-E-173969 (24 March 2012) --- Expedition 30 crew members are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station as they prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
PHOTO DATE: 19 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 5south, High Bay SUBJECT: Cake Cutting Ceremony marking the end of Expedition 29/30 training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa
PHOTO DATE: 19 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 5south, High Bay SUBJECT: Cake Cutting Ceremony marking the end of Expedition 29/30 training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa
ISS030-E-019053 (29 Dec. 2011) --- One of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station captured this image of the Big Island of Hawaii in the chain that makes up the 50th state on Dec. 29, 2011.
PHOTO DATE: 19 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 5south, High Bay SUBJECT: Cake Cutting Ceremony marking the end of Expedition 29/30 training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa
ISS030-E-241355 (21 April 2012) --- In the Unity node, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (right) and Anatoly Ivanishin, both flight engineers, pose for a photo near the collection of insignias representing shuttle crews who have worked on the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-235639 (15 April 2012) --- Expedition 30 crew members pose for an in-flight crew portrait in the European Space Agency’s “Edoardo Amaldi” Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) currently docked with the International Space Station. From the left are NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Oleg Kononenko, Anatoly Ivanishin, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, all flight engineers.
ISS030-E-235661 (15 April 2012) --- Expedition 30 crew members pose for an in-flight crew portrait in the European Space Agency’s “Edoardo Amaldi” Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) currently docked with the International Space Station. Pictured clockwise (from bottom center) are NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, Oleg Kononenko; NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, all flight engineers.
ISS030-E-015483 (22 Dec. 2011) --- Comet Lovejoy is visible near Earth’s horizon in this nighttime image photographed by NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, onboard the International Space Station on Dec. 22, 2011.
ISS030-E-015472 (22 Dec. 2011) --- Comet Lovejoy is visible near Earth’s horizon in this nighttime image photographed by NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, onboard the International Space Station on Dec. 22, 2011.
ISS030-E-019058 (29 Dec. 2011) --- One of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station captured this image of the Hawaiian Island chain on Dec. 29, 2011. The Big Island of Hawaii is easily delineated at the center of the frame.
ISS030-E-014406 (21 Dec. 2011) --- Comet Lovejoy is visible near Earth’s horizon in this nighttime image photographed by NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, onboard the International Space Station on Dec. 21, 2011.
ISS030-E-019057 (29 Dec. 2011) --- One of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station captured this image of the Hawaiian Island chain on Dec. 29, 2011. The Big Island of Hawaii is easily delineated at the center of the frame. The object in upper right is the edge of a solar panel.
ISS030-E-102292 (25 Jan. 2012) --- This is one of a series of photos showing Aurora Borealis as photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members onboard the International Space Station from approximately 240 miles above Earth on Jan. 25, 2012.