
Flight Engineer of Expedition 37/38 Visits Goddard, NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins

Flight Engineer of Expedition 37/38 Visits Goddard, NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins

Flight Engineer of Expedition 37/38 Visits Goddard, NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins

Nine crew members gather for a group portrait in the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory following a joint crew news conference. This is the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the station without the presence of a space shuttle. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center),Expedition 37 commander; NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano,both Expedition 37 flight engineers. Pictured on the center row are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center),Expedition 38 commander; Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy (left) and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins,both Expedition 38 flight engineers. Pictured from the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio,Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata,all Expedition 38 flight engineers. The Expedition 37 crew members will undock from the station in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on Nov. 10,ending a five-and-a-half month stay.

ISS037-E-028218 (8 Nov. 2013) --- Nine crew members gather for a group portrait in the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory following a joint crew news conference. This is the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the station without the presence of a space shuttle. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center), Expedition 37 commander; NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 37 flight engineers. Pictured on the center row are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 38 commander; Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy (left) and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, both Expedition 38 flight engineers. Pictured from the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, all Expedition 38 flight engineers. The Expedition 37 crew members will undock from the station in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on Nov. 10, ending a five-and-a-half month stay.

ISS037-E-028227 (8 Nov. 2013) --- Nine crew members gather for a group portrait in the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory following a joint crew news conference. This is the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the station without the presence of a space shuttle. Pictured clockwise (from bottom right) are European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 37 flight engineers; Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 37 commander; Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineers; Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, both Expedition 38 flight engineers. The Expedition 37 crew members will undock from the station in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on Nov. 10, ending a five-and-a-half month stay.

ISS037-E-028203 (7 Nov. 2013) --- In the International Space Station's Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1), Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 37 commander, welcomes Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (holding the Olympic torch), Expedition 38 flight engineer, after arriving onboard a Soyuz spacecraft with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, both Expedition 38 flight engineers. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (foreground), Expedition 37 flight engineer, captures the event with a video camera.

ISS037-E-028204 (7 Nov. 2013) --- In the International Space Station's Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1), Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 37 commander, welcomes Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (holding the Olympic torch), Expedition 38 flight engineer, after arriving onboard a Soyuz spacecraft with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, both Expedition 38 flight engineers. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (foreground), Expedition 37 flight engineer, captures the event with a video camera.

ISS037-E-028206 (7 Nov. 2013) --- In the International Space Station's Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1), Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (holding the Olympic torch), Expedition 37 commander, welcomes Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 38 flight engineer, after arriving onboard a Soyuz spacecraft with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, both Expedition 38 flight engineers. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (foreground), Expedition 37 flight engineer, captures the event with a video camera.

NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins explains what it was like to live on the International Space Station for 6 months to visitors at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD on Monday, June 9, 2014. Hopkins served on Expeditions 37 and 38 with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy and returned home in March, 2014. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins explains what it was like to live on the International Space Station for 6 months to visitors at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD on Monday, June 9, 2014. Hopkins served on Expeditions 37 and 38 with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy and returned home in March, 2014. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins explains what it was like to live on the International Space Station for 6 months to visitors at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD on Monday, June 9, 2014. Hopkins served on Expeditions 37 and 38 with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy and returned home in March, 2014. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins explains what it was like to live on the International Space Station for 6 months to visitors at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD on Monday, June 9, 2014. Hopkins served on Expeditions 37 and 38 with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy and returned home in March, 2014. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins explains what it was like to live on the International Space Station for 6 months to visitors at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD on Monday, June 9, 2014. Hopkins served on Expeditions 37 and 38 with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy and returned home in March, 2014. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins explains what it was like to live on the International Space Station for 6 months to seventh graders from Clear Spring Middle School at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD on Monday, June 9, 2014. Hopkins served on Expeditions 37 and 38 with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy and returned home in March, 2014. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins explains what it was like to live on the International Space Station for 6 months to seventh graders from Clear Spring Middle School at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD on Monday, June 9, 2014. Hopkins served on Expeditions 37 and 38 with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy and returned home in March, 2014. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins explains what it was like to live on the International Space Station for 6 months to seventh graders from Clear Spring Middle School at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD on Monday, June 9, 2014. Hopkins served on Expeditions 37 and 38 with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy and returned home in March, 2014. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

PHOTO DATE: 11/09/12 LOCATION: EFD SUBJECT: Expedition 37/38 astronaut Mike Hopkins and Exp. 41/42 astronaut Butch Wilmore preparing for T-38 flight PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

PHOTO DATE: 11/09/12 LOCATION: EFD SUBJECT: Expedition 37/38 astronaut Mike Hopkins and Exp. 41/42 astronaut Butch Wilmore preparing for T-38 flight PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

PHOTO DATE: 11/09/12 LOCATION: EFD SUBJECT: Expedition 37/38 astronaut Mike Hopkins and Exp. 41/42 astronaut Butch Wilmore preparing for T-38 flight PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

JSC2013-E-076004 (20 June 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 37 flight engineer and Expedition 38 commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, both Expedition 37/38 flight engineers, attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a crew portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

JSC2013-E-075999 (18 June 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 37 flight engineer and Expedition 38 commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, both Expedition 37/38 flight engineers, attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a crew portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins is lifted out of the chair after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov is seen speaking to his family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, right, and NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins pose for a photo before having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked ahead of their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins is seen smiling before having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov smiles as he awaits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins is seen speaking to his family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins is seen speaking to his family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy speaks to family and friends after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins is seen speaking to his family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Sergey Ryazanskiy is seen smiling after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins is seen smiling after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov smiles after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy is seen speaking to his family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-11-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38’s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

Date: 11-05-12 Locatoin: JSC Mall Subject: Expedition 38/39 (Soyuz 37) crew member Rick Mastracchio during EXT PHOTO SKILLS with instructor Katrina Willoughby Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-03-13 Location: Bldg 5, SSTF High Bay Subject: Expedition 38 (Soyuz 36 & 37) crew members during cake ceremony marking the end of their training. Photographer: James Blair

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS RICK MASTRACCHIO, LEFT, AND MICHAEL HOPKINS DISCUSS THEIR WORK ON THE SPACE STATION DURING EXPEDITIONS 37, 38, AND 39 AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AT NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER ON JULY 29

ISS037-E-028590 (10 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, enters data into a computer near the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Date: 11-05-12 Locatoin: JSC Mall Subject: Expedition 38/39 (Soyuz 37) crew member Rick Mastracchio during EXT PHOTO SKILLS with instructor Katrina Willoughby Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-03-13 Location: Bldg 5, SSTF High Bay Subject: Expedition 38 (Soyuz 36 & 37) crew members during cake ceremony marking the end of their training. Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-03-13 Location: Bldg 5, SSTF High Bay Subject: Expedition 38 (Soyuz 36 & 37) crew members during cake ceremony marking the end of their training. Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-03-13 Location: Bldg 5, SSTF High Bay Subject: Expedition 38 (Soyuz 36 & 37) crew members during cake ceremony marking the end of their training. Photographer: James Blair

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS RICK MASTRACCHIO, LEFT, AND MICHAEL HOPKINS DISCUSS THEIR WORK ON THE SPACE STATION DURING EXPEDITIONS 37, 38, AND 39 AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AT NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER ON JULY 29

Date: 07-03-13 Location: Bldg 5, SSTF High Bay Subject: Expedition 38 (Soyuz 36 & 37) crew members during cake ceremony marking the end of their training. Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-03-13 Location: Bldg 5, SSTF High Bay Subject: Expedition 38 (Soyuz 36 & 37) crew members during cake ceremony marking the end of their training. Photographer: James Blair

ISS039-E-000067 (11 March 2014) --- As photographed by one of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station, the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft heads toward Earth with the Expedition 38 crew aboard. Onboard the Soyuz were NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The trio had served 166 days in Earth orbit as members of the Expedition 37 and 38 crews.

ISS039-E-000143 (11 March 2014) --- As photographed by one of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station, the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft heads toward Earth with the Expedition 38 crew aboard. Onboard the Soyuz were NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The trio had served 166 days in Earth orbit as members of the Expedition 37 and 38 crews.

ISS039-E-000061 (11 March 2014) --- As photographed by one of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station, the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft heads toward Earth with the Expedition 38 crew aboard. Onboard the Soyuz were NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The trio had served 166 days in Earth orbit as members of the Expedition 37 and 38 crews.

ISS039-E-000027 (11 March 2014) --- In the Zvezda service module of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, a cosmonaut with Russia's Federal Space Agency, keeps track of the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft as it heads toward Earth with the Expedition 38 crew aboard. Onboard the Soyuz were NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy who had served 166 days in Earth orbit as members of the Expedition 37 and 38 crews.

ISS039-E-000169 (11 March 2014) --- As photographed by one of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station, the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft heads toward Earth with the Expedition 38 crew aboard. Onboard the Soyuz were NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The trio had served 166 days in Earth orbit as members of the Expedition 37 and 38 crews.

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

JSC2013-E-075998 (20 Feb. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 37 flight engineer and Expedition 38 commander, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

DATE: 9-10-12 LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

Official portrait for Expedition 38 – Crew members are: (Soyuz 36) – Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazanskiy, Mike Hopkins; (Soyuz 37): Mikhail Tyurin, Richard Mastracchio, Koichi Wakata. (Also known as Expedition 38/39). Photo Date: October 3, 2012. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2013-E-075997 (20 Feb. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

PHOTO DATE: 07-12-13 LOCATION: Bldg. 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio SUBJECT: Official Expedition 39 crew portrait with (Soyuz 37) Mikhail Tyurin, Rick Mastrachhio, Koichi Wakata (JAXA) and (Soyuz 38) Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev, Steve Swanson. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2013-E-075996 (20 Feb. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

ISS037-E-028300 (8 Nov. 2013) --- Four of the nine crew members on the International Space Station work in the Unity node. Pictured at top is European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 37 flight engineer. Pictured from bottom left are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio, all Expedition 38 flight engineers.

An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for September 26 and will send Expedition 37/38 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Ryazansky on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 37/38 NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins smiles after being fitted into his Russian Sokol suit on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 37/38 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA flashes an “all ok” sign Sept. 13 after boarding a bus at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City with his crewmates for a ride to nearby airport and a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hopkins, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy will launch from Baikonur Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll