Vice President Mike Pence speaks with Expedition 58 flight engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and flight engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who are onboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Vice President Pence and Administrator Bridenstine spoke with the astronauts about the arrival of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
VP Pence Speaks with Astronauts Onboard ISS
Vice President Mike Pence, center, speaks with Expedition 58 flight engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and flight engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who are onboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Vice President Pence and Administrator Bridenstine spoke with the astronauts about the arrival of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
VP Pence Speaks with Astronauts Onboard ISS
Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, speak with Expedition 58 flight engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and flight engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who are onboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Vice President Pence and Administrator Bridenstine spoke with the astronauts about the arrival of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
VP Pence Speaks with Astronauts Onboard ISS
Vice President Mike Pence, right, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, speak with Expedition 58 flight engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and flight engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who are onboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Vice President Pence and Administrator Bridenstine spoke with the astronauts about the arrival of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
VP Pence Speaks with Astronauts Onboard ISS
Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, speak with Expedition 58 flight engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and flight engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who are onboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Vice President Pence and Administrator Bridenstine spoke with the astronauts about the arrival of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
VP Pence Speaks with Astronauts Onboard ISS
Vice President Mike Pence, right, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, speak with Expedition 58 flight engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and flight engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who are onboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Vice President Pence and Administrator Bridenstine spoke with the astronauts about the arrival of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
VP Pence Speaks with Astronauts Onboard ISS
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain talk about their experiences onboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Hague most recently spent 203 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 59 and 60. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain talk about their experiences onboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Hague most recently spent 203 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 59 and 60. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain talk about their experiences onboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Hague most recently spent 203 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 59 and 60. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain join as guests on the program “STEM in 30” with hosts Beth Wilson and Marty Kelsey, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Hague most recently spent 203 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 59 and 60. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
NASA astronaut Anne McClain is a guest on the program “STEM in 30,” Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
ISS040-E-038897 (5 July 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members onboard the International Space Station photographed this image of Super Typhoon Neoguri headed toward Japan at 21:58:27 GMT on July 5, 2014. A Russian Progress vehicle, docked to the orbital outpost, is in the foreground.
Earth Observation
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain talk about their experiences onboard the International Space Station with Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Jennifer Levasseu, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Hague most recently spent 203 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 59 and 60. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
NASA astronaut Anne McClain talks about her experiences onboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
NASA astronaut Anne McClain talks about her experiences onboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
NASA astronaut Anne McClain talks about her experiences onboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, left, and Anne McClain, right, join Bevin James of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum as she hosts an interactive video teleconference with 5th graders at the John P Parker school located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Hague most recently spent 203 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 59 and 60. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronauts McClain and Hague at NASM
Expedition 59 NASA astronaut Anne McClain rests onboard a helicopter during a flight from the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft landing site to Karaganda, Kazakhstan as NASA Flight Surgeon Natacha Chough, left, and Russian Nurse Raksana Batsmanova, right, look after her, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft in a remote area near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
NASA, Canadian Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces arrive in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in advance of the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Monday, June 24, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Landing Preparations
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The drogue parachute of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen during the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
NASA, Canadian Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces deploy from Karaganda to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in advance of the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Monday, June 24, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Landing Preparations
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
NASA, CSA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Sunday, June 23, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Landing Preparations
The bus carrying NASA, Canadian Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces pulls into Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in advance of the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Monday, June 24, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Landing Preparations
The Karaganda, Kazakhstan city entrance is seen as NASA, Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and Roscosmos teams arrive in preparation for the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Sunday, June 23, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Landing Preparations
Russian Search and Rescue teams in all-terrain vehicles chase the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft as it lands with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
NASA, CSA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Sunday, June 23, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Landing Preparations
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 58 Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), top, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, center, and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, bottom, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft for launch, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kononenko. McClain, and Saint-Jacques will spend the next six and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 58 Crew Wave At the Pad
Expedition 58 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos is walked to the Soyuz vehicle for launch by Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, left, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kononenko, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will spend the next six and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 58 Crew Wave At the Pad
Expedition 58 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA is walked to the Soyuz vehicle for launch by Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations, NASA, left, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. McClain, Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, will spend the next six and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 58 Crew Wave At the Pad
Expedition 58 Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques is walked to the Soyuz vehicle for launch by Sylvain Laporte, president, Canadian Space Agency (CSA), second from right, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Saint-Jacques, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, will spend the next six and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 58 Crew Wave At the Pad
Expedition 59 astronaut Anne McClain of NASA  is carried to a medical tent shortly after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 NASA astronaut Anne McClain departs the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft landing site via helicopter shortly after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 crew member Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos is seen outside the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft after he, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Russian helicopter pilots scan the horizon looking for the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft as it lands with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
NASA astronaut and Astronaut Office Representative Joe Acaba gives a thumbs up as Expedition 59 NASA astronaut Anne McClain is helped out of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft just minutes after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan shortly after it landed with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
NASA ISS Deputy Program Manager Joel Montalbano talks to mission managers via satellite phone from the Soyuz MS-11 landing zone in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 NASA astronaut Anne McClain departs the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft landing site via helicopter shortly after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 astronaut David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is helped out of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft just minutes after he, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Deputy Director of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport) Alexander Vedernikov leads a meeting with NASA, CSA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Sunday, June 23, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Landing Preparations
Expedition 59 cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and  Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan shortly after it landed with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 astronaut Anne McClain of NASA is carried to a medical tent shortly after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
NASA ISS Deputy Program Manager Joel Montalbano and NASA Director for Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, Tricia Mack, right, listen as NASA, CSA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Sunday, June 23, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Landing Preparations
Expedition 59 NASA astronaut Anne McClain, center, assisted by NASA ISS Deputy Program Manager Joel Montalbano, right, reaches out to greet NASA astronaut and Director of Operations, Star City, Russia, Kate Rubins as she arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan Tuesday, June 25, 2019. McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed earlier in the day in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft in a remote area near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 NASA astronaut Anne McClain is helped out of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft just minutes after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan shortly after it landed with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Expedition 59 crew member Anne McClain of NASA is seen outside the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft after she landed with Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
NASA astronaut and Astronaut Office Representative Joe Acaba is seen along with other NASA, Canadian Space Agency, and Roscosmos teams as they deploy from Karaganda to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in advance of the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Monday, June 24, 2019. McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Landing Preparations
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft landing site after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan shortly after it landed with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
Russian Search and Rescue teams drive in all-terrain vehicles to the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 59 Soyuz MS-11 Landing
ISS008-E-13948 (31 January 2004) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress 13 resupply craft launched at 5:58 a.m. (CST) on January 29, 2004 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver 2 ½ tons of food, fuel, spare parts and supplies to the Expedition 8 crewmembers onboard the orbital outpost. Progress docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 7:13 a.m. (CST) on January 31 as the two craft flew 230 statute miles above Central Asia.
Progress 13P approach for docking with ISS during Expedition 8
ISS008-E-13951 (31 January 2004) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress 13 resupply craft launched at 5:58 a.m. (CST) on January 29, 2004 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver 2 ½ tons of food, fuel, spare parts and supplies to the Expedition 8 crewmembers onboard the orbital outpost. Progress docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 7:13 a.m. (CST) on January 31 as the two craft flew 230 statute miles above Central Asia.
Progress 13P approach for docking with ISS during Expedition 8
Expedition 58 crew, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) pose for a photo with senior officials of Roscosmos, NASA, and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) after arriving at the launch pad by bus to begin boarding the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft for launch, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kononenko, McClain, and Saint-Jacques will spend the next six and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 58 Crew Wave At the Pad
STS117-S-050 (22 June 2007) --- With drag chute deployed, Space Shuttle Atlantis slows to a stop after landing on runway 22 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California concluding a successful assembly mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis landed on orbit 219 after 13 days, 20 hours and 12 minutes in space. The landing was diverted to California due to marginal weather at the Kennedy Space Center. Main gear touchdown was at 12:49:38 p.m. (PDT). Nose gear touchdown was at 12:49:49 p.m. and wheel stop was at 12:50:48 p.m. This was the 51st landing for the Space Shuttle Program at Edwards Air Force Base. The mission to the station was a success, installing and activating the S3/S4 truss and retracting the P6 arrays. Onboard were astronauts Rick Sturckow, commander; Lee Archambault, pilot; Jim Reilly, Steven Swanson, Patrick Forrester and John "Danny" Olivas, all STS-117 mission specialists. Also onboard was astronaut Sunita Williams, who was flight engineer on the Expedition 15 crew. She achieved a new milestone, a record-setting flight at 194 days, 18 hours and 58 minutes, the longest single spaceflight ever by a female astronaut or cosmonaut.
STS-117 landing at Dryden
STS117-S-049 (22 June 2007) --- Space Shuttle Atlantis' main landing gear touches down on runway 22 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California concluding a successful assembly mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis landed on orbit 219 after 13 days, 20 hours and 12 minutes in space. The landing was diverted to California due to marginal weather at the Kennedy Space Center. Main gear touchdown was at 12:49:38 p.m. (PDT). Nose gear touchdown was at 12:49:49 p.m. and wheel stop was at 12:50:48 p.m. This was the 51st landing for the Space Shuttle Program at Edwards Air Force Base. The mission to the station was a success, installing and activating the S3/S4 truss and retracting the P6 arrays. Onboard were astronauts Rick Sturckow, commander; Lee Archambault, pilot; Jim Reilly, Steven Swanson, Patrick Forrester and John "Danny" Olivas, all STS-117 mission specialists. Also onboard was astronaut Sunita Williams, who was flight engineer on the Expedition 15 crew. She achieved a new milestone, a record-setting flight at 194 days, 18 hours and 58 minutes, the longest single spaceflight ever by a female astronaut or cosmonaut.
STS-117 landing at Dryden
STS117-S-047 (22 June 2007) --- Space Shuttle Atlantis' main landing gear touches down on runway 22 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California concluding a successful assembly mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis landed on orbit 219 after 13 days, 20 hours and 12 minutes in space. The landing was diverted to California due to marginal weather at the Kennedy Space Center. Main gear touchdown was at 12:49:38 p.m. (PDT). Nose gear touchdown was at 12:49:49 p.m. and wheel stop was at 12:50:48 p.m. This was the 51st landing for the Space Shuttle Program at Edwards Air Force Base. The mission to the station was a success, installing and activating the S3/S4 truss and retracting the P6 arrays. Onboard were astronauts Rick Sturckow, commander; Lee Archambault, pilot; Jim Reilly, Steven Swanson, Patrick Forrester and John "Danny" Olivas, all STS-117 mission specialists. Also onboard was astronaut Sunita Williams, who was flight engineer on the Expedition 15 crew. She achieved a new milestone, a record-setting flight at 194 days, 18 hours and 58 minutes, the longest single spaceflight ever by a female astronaut or cosmonaut.
STS-117 landing at Dryden
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 39A at 2:48 a.m. EDT, the Rotating Service Structure (left) begins rolling back from Space Shuttle Endeavour to allow launch preparations. At the lower left corner is seen the driver of one of the motor-driven trucks that move along circular twin rails installed flush with the pad surface.  Endeavour rests on the Mobile Launcher Platform that straddles the flame trench below.  The trench is 490 feet long, 58 feet wide and 40 feet high.  STS-111 is the second Utilization Flight to the International Space Station, carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo, the Mobile Base System (MBS), and a replacement wrist/roll joint for the Canadarm 2. Also onboard Space Shuttle Endeavour is the Expedition 5 crew who will replace Expedition 4 on board the Station. The MBS will be installed on the Mobile Transporter to complete the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS. The mechanical arm will then have the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab Destiny to the MSS and travel along the truss to work sites. Expedition 4 crew members will return to Earth with the STS-111 crew on Endeavour.  Launch is scheduled at 7:44 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2002
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  With the Rotating Service Structure (left) rolled back from Space Shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad 39A, the xenon lights are turned on. Endeavour rests on the Mobile Launcher Platform that straddles the flame trench below.  The trench is 490 feet long, 58 feet wide and 40 feet high.  Above the orange external tank behind Endeavour is the "beanie cap," or vent hood assembly at the end of the gaseous oxygen vent arm.  STS-111 is the second Utilization Flight to the International Space Station, carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo, the Mobile Base System (MBS), and a replacement wrist/roll joint for the Canadarm 2. Also onboard Space Shuttle Endeavour is the Expedition 5 crew who will replace Expedition 4 on board the Station. The MBS will be installed on the Mobile Transporter to complete the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS. The mechanical arm will then have the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab Destiny to the MSS and travel along the truss to work sites. Expedition 4 crew members will return to Earth with the STS-111 crew on Endeavour.  Launch is scheduled at 7:44 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2002
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STS105-S-023 (22 Aug. 2001) --- With its drag chute trailing behind, the Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew land on the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15. Main gear touchdown was at 2:22:58 p.m. (EDT), Aug. 22, 2001. Wheel stop occurred at 2:24:06 p.m. (EDT). The 11-day, 21-hour, 12-minute STS-105 mission accomplished the goals set for the 11th flight to the International Space Station: swap out of the resident station crew; delivery of equipment, supplies and scientific experiments; and installation of the Early Ammonia Servicer and heater cables for the S0 truss on the Station. Discovery traveled 4.3 million miles on its 30th flight into space, the 106th mission of the Space Shuttle program. The landing was the first of five in 2001 to occur in daylight at KSC. Onboard at landing were STS-105 astronauts Scott J. Horowitz, commander; Frederic W. (Rick) Sturckow, pilot; and Patrick G. Forrester and Daniel T. Barry, both mission specialists; along with the returning Expedition Two crewmembers--cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, commander; and James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms, both flight engineers.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15 following mission STS-105, specially designed vehicles and a team of up to 150 trained personnel gather around Discovery for safing operations, checking for toxic or hazardous gases, and introducing purge air to cool the vehicle and humidified air conditioning to the payload bay and other cavities to remove any residual explosive or toxic fumes that may be present. Some personnel will assist the STS-105 and Expedition Two crews in disembarking from the orbiter via the Crew Transfer Vehicle (at right).  KSC support personnel will prepare the orbiter for ground tow operations, installing switch guards and removing data packages from any onboard experiments.  Main gear touchdown was at 2:22:58 p.m. EDT; wheel stop, at 2:24:06 p.m. EDT. The 11-day, 21-hour, 12-minute mission accomplished the goals set for the 11th flight to the International Space Station: swapout of the resident Station crew; delivery of equipment, supplies and scientific experiments; and installation of the Early Ammonia Servicer and heater cables for the S0 truss on the Station. Discovery traveled 4.3 million miles on its 30th flight into space, the 106th mission of the Space Shuttle program. Out of five missions in 2001, the landing was the first to occur in daylight at KSC
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"As a kid, I was really mystified and obsessed with space and flying. So I used to watch any video, any show, anything I could about flying, launching to space, floating in space… everything. There was definitely something magical about seeing astronauts on spacewalks and working in the back of the shuttle. All those IMAX movies, I couldn’t get enough of them. But you know what’s funny about it? My whole life I knew I wanted to go to space, but it pales in comparison to how badly I want to go back having been there. It’s even worse now. The FOMO is so bad.  "That was the first thing I said to my doctors when I landed. She asked, 'How are you feeling?' And I said, 'I want to get back in the line and go up again.'  "People look at the International Space Station and think, this is a marvel of what humans can achieve. Which is true, but also I look at it like… that’s the place I used to live. Almost like it’s my old college dorm, or my apartment. And I love that. It’s like a part of it is mine." NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. McClain most recently spent 204 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 58 and 59. McClain ventured outside the space station on two spacewalks totaling 13 hours and 8 minutes. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Portrait of Astronaut Anne McClain