JSC2002-E-44140 (24 June 2002) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-50613 (28 April 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin (foreground), Expedition Six flight engineer, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition Seven NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-45260 (20 March 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, is pictured in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-45289 (21 March 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, floats in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

S94-34938 (27 May 1994) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer.

ISS006-E-45319 (1 April 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, is pictured near the Potok 150MK air decontamination equipment in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-45293 (21 March 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, uses a still camera to photograph the topography of a point on Earth from a window in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

Expedition 6 Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, left, Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev, and Commander Ken Bowersox, right, share a meal onboard the aircraft during their flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow on Tuesday, May 4, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 6 Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, left, and Commander Ken Bowersox are greeted by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev, right, on Tuesday, May 4, 2003, after their arrival in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Expedition 6 Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox, left, NASA International Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, right, celebrate their mission onboard an aircraft flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow on Tuesday, May 4, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 6 Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, left, Commander Ken Bowersox and International Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit, right, pose for photos at a press conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Thursday, May 6, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 6 Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, left, Commander Ken Bowersox and International Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit, right, pose for photos at a press conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Thursday, May 6, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 6 Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, left, Commander Ken Bowersox and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit, right, answer questions during a press conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Thursday, May 6, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (JSC2002-E-44140) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (S94-34938) Official portrait of Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

View of the Mir 19 commander Anatoly Solovyev and flight engineer Nikolai Budarin preparing to close the hatch to the docking module which leads to the Mir space station.

ISS007-E-05246 (3 May 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, adds his crew’s patch to the growing collection, in the Unity node, of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-10778 (18 December 2002) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, views the topography of a point on Earth from a window in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-21115 (28 January 2003) --- Wearing a Russian Sokol suit, cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition 6 flight engineer, is pictured in a Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander, is visible at lower right. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-45275 (21 March 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, holds a piece of hardware near a worktable in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-13970 (2 January 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, takes inventory of equipment in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya, on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-13971 (2 January 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition 6 flight engineer, takes inventory of equipment in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya, on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-21375 (31 January 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition 6 flight engineer, works with tethers and clamps from the tool panel storage in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

S94-34942 (27 May 1994) --- This is a portrait of (left to right) Bonnie J. Dunbar, Anatoliy Y. Solovyev, and Nikolai M. Budarin in civilian clothes. Dunbar is mission specialist for STS-71, and alternate crew member for Mir 18. Solovyev is commander for Mir 19, and Budarin is the flight engineer for that mission.

ISS006-E-45279 (21 March 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, uses a computer as he talks on a communication system in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS007-E-05250 (3 May 2003) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (left), Expedition Six mission commander, and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer, are pictured in a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-13966 (2 January 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, takes inventory of equipment in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya, on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer for Mir 19, ponders a question from a news media representative. Crew members for two of the joint Space Shuttle/Mir missions met the press at JSC.

May 6, 2003. Star City, Russia. Expedition Six Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin speaks during a Press Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

ISS006-E-45809 (14 April 2003) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol suits, the Expedition Six crewmembers are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS) as they rehearse for their return flight home onboard the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft scheduled for May 3, 2003. From the left are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer; astronauts Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer, and Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

STS091-379-013 (2-12 June 1998) --- Cosmonauts Valery V. Ryumin (left)and Nikolai M. Budarin reunite moments after hatch opening, following docking of Mir and Discovery. Ryumin, mission specialist representing the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, came up to Mir along with five astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Budarin is Mir-25 flight engineer. Since 1992, Ryumin has been the Director of the Russian portion of the Shuttle-Mir and NASA-Mir program.

ISS006-E-10835 (19 December 2002) --- The Expedition Six crewmembers pose for a crew photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer; astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; and Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos. The photo was taken with a pre-set digital still camera.

ISS007-E-05249 (3 May 2003) --- The Expedition Six crewmembers pose in the Unity node near the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer; and Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-S-002 (September 2002) --- Astronauts Donald R. Pettit (left), Expedition Six flight engineer; Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer, attired in training versions of the shuttle launch and entry suit, pause from their training schedule for a crew portrait. The three will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in late autumn of this year aboard the space shuttle Endeavour. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

STS071-310-001 (27 June-7 July 1995) --- Cosmonauts Nikolai M. Budarin (left) and Anatoly Y. Solovyev are seen on the space shuttle Atlantis' flight deck. Not long after this picture was made, the two Mir-19 crew members bade farewell to two other cosmonauts and six NASA astronauts who returned to Earth aboard Atlantis. Solovyev, Mir-19 commander, and Budarin, Mir-19 flight engineer, will stay onboard Russia's Mir Space Station for continuing research.

STS071-104-029 (27 June-7 July 1995) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir-19 flight engineer, is pictured on Russia's Mir Space Station with two Russian space suits. These are for Intravehicular (IVA) wear and are not the suits designed for Extravehicular Activity (EVA). Budarin remained aboard Mir with cosmonaut Anatoly Y. Solovyev, Mir-19 commander, when the three Mir-18 crewmembers and the five STS-71 astronauts later undocked the space shuttle Atlantis from Mir and returned to Earth.

STS091-362-032 (2-12 June 1998) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, Mir flight engineer, is at the center of this photo marking the final occasion of an American visit to Russia's Mir space station. Budarin is in the base block or core module of the complex--site of many interchanges between cosmonauts and astronauts over the last several years. Photo Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Russian Aviation and Space Agency.

ISS006-E-45812 (14 April 2003) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol suits, the Expedition Six crewmembers pose for a crew photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are astronaut Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer; and astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander. The crewmembers are making preparations for their return flight home scheduled for May 3, 2003. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS005-E-21513 (26 November 2002) --- The Expedition Six crewmembers, wearing Russian Sokol suits, pose for a crew photo in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya, on the International Space Station (ISS). Pictured are astronaut Donald R. Pettit (front), NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin (left back), flight engineer; and astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

JSC2002-00710 (25 March 2002) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, assisted by United Space Alliance (USA) suit technician Brad Milling, dons a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit prior to a mission training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (ISS006-S-002) (From left) Astronauts Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six flight engineer, and Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer, attired in training versions of the Shuttle launch and entry suit, pause from their training schedule for a crew portrait. The three will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in late autumn of this year aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

May 4, 2003, Astana, Kazakhstan. Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (C), Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (L) and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (not pictured) are welcomed to Kazakhstan by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev. The Expedition Six Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

May 4, 2003. Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (L), NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (C) and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (R) celebrate their mission onboard an aircraft flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

May 4, 2003, Astana, Kazakhstan. Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (C), Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (L) and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (not pictured) are welcomed to Kazakhstan by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev. The Expedition Six Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

May 6, 2003. Star City, Russia. Expedition Six Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (L), Commander Ken Bowersox (C), and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (R) pose for photos at a Press Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

Crew members for two joint Space Shuttle/Mir missions greet the press during a break in medical operations training at JSC. Left to right are Nikolai M. Budarin, Anatoly Y. Solovyev, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Gennadiy M. Strekalov, Norman E. Thagard and Vladimir N. Dezhurov.

STAR CITY, RUSSIA - Expedition Six Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin speaks during a Press Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

May 6, 2003. Star City, Russia. Expedition Six Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (L), Commander Ken Bowersox (C), and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (R) pose for photos at a Press Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

ISS006-E-50607 (28 April 2003) --- The Expedition Seven crewmembers pose with two of the Expedition Six crewmembers (blue suits) in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS), photographed by astronaut Donald R. Pettit (out of view), Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer. From the left are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer; astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six mission commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition Seven NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition Seven mission commander. Budarin and Malenchenko represent Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-50610 (28 April 2003) --- The Expedition Six and Seven crews pose for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left (front row) are astronauts Edward T. Lu, Expedition Seven NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition Seven mission commander. From the left (back row) are astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six mission commander, and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer. Budarin and Malenchenko represent Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-45796 (14 April 2003) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol suits, astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (left), Expedition 6 mission commander; cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer; along with astronaut Donald R. Pettit (out of frame), NASA ISS science officer, practice for their return flight home scheduled for May 3, 2003. The two astronauts and cosmonaut will leave the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft at 5:40 p.m. (CDT) Saturday. They are schedule to land in Kazakhstan at 9:03 p.m. (CDT) Saturday. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Expedition 6 flight engineer Nikolai Budarin gets help with his helmet during suitup for launch on mission STS-113. Budarin, who represents the Russian Space Agency, will be making his second Shuttle flight. The primary mission is bringing the Expedition 6 crew to the Station and returning the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. The major objective of the mission is delivery of the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Assembly, which will be attached to the port side of the S0 truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install and activate the truss and its associated equipment. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-113 is scheduled for Nov. 11 at 12:58 a.m. EST.

STS071-S-072 (4 July 1995) --- This view of the space shuttle Atlantis still connected to Russia's Mir Space Station was photographed by the Mir-19 crew on July 4, 1995. Cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyev and Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir-19 commander and flight engineer, respectively, temporarily undocked the Soyuz spacecraft from the cluster of Mir elements to perform a brief fly-around. They took pictures while the STS-71 crew, with Mir-18's three crew members aboard, undocked Atlantis for the completion of this leg of the joint activities. Solovyev and Budarin had been taxied to the Mir Space Station by the STS-71 ascent trip of Atlantis.

ISS007-E-05245 (3 May 2003) --- The Expedition Six and Seven crews pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left (front row) are astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition Seven NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition Seven mission commander; and astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer. From the left (back row) are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, and astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six mission commander. Budarin and Malenchenko represent Rosaviakosmos.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Expedition 6 flight engineer Nikolai Budarin relaxes during suitup for launch. Budarin, who is with the Russian Space Agency, will be making his second Shuttle flight. The primary mission for the crew is bringing the Expedition 6 crew to the Station and returning the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. The major objective of the mission is delivery of the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Assembly, which will be attached to the port side of the S0 truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install and activate the truss and its associated equipment. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-113 is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. EST.

ISS006-E-50604 (28 April 2003) --- Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, floats into the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS), assisted by astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition 6 mission commander. Also pictured are cosmonauts Nikolai M. Budarin (left foreground), Expedition 6 flight engineer, and Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander. Astronaut Donald R. Pettit (out of view), Expedition 6 NASA ISS science officer, photographed this image. Budarin and Malenchenko represent Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-50609 (28 April 2003) --- The Expedition 6 and 7 crews pose for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left (front row) are astronauts Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; Donald R. Pettit, Expedition 6 NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander. From the left (back row) are astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition 6 mission commander, and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition 6 flight engineer. Budarin and Malenchenko represent Rosaviakosmos.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Expedition 6 crew look over equipment they will be handling during their residency on the International Space Station. Holding equipment (center) is Commander Ken Bowersox. Other crew members are Nikolai Budarin and Donald Thomas. The Expedition 6 crew is attached to mission STS-113, scheduled to launch in September 2002

JSC2003-E-37463 (21 May 2003) --- General Jefferson D. Howell, Jr. (second left), Johnson Space Center (JSC) Director, and the Expedition 6 crewmembers pose for a photo following the crew arrival at Ellington Field, near JSC. The crewmembers are, from the left, astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

STS071-117-032 (4 July 1995) --- In the docking vestibule of Russia's Mir Space Station, cosmonauts Anatoly Y. Solovyev, Mir-19 commander, and Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir-19 flight engineer, smile at the departing Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-71 crew prior to hatch closing. Later, the two manned the Soyuz vehicle as it was temporarily moved from the Mir complex for Atlantis' undocking.

JSC2003-E-37639 (21 May 2003) --- The Expedition 6 crewmembers are pictured following their arrival at Ellington Field, near Johnson Space Center (JSC). From the left are astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos; and astronaut Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer.

STAR CITY, RUSSIA - Expedition Six Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (left), Commander Ken Bowersox (center), and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (right) pose for photos at a Press Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Expedition 6 crew look over equipment they will be handling during their residency on the International Space Station. Holding equipment (center) is Commander Ken Bowersox. Other crew members are Nikolai Budarin and Donald Thomas. The Expedition 6 crew is attached to mission STS-113, scheduled to launch in September 2002

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Expedition 6 crew look over equipment they will be handling during their residency on the International Space Station. At left is Commander Ken Bowersox; at right is cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin. The third crew member (not shown) is astronaut Donald Thomas. The Expedition 6 crew is attached to mission STS-113, scheduled to launch in September 2002.

Expedition Seven photographed the Soyez TMA-1 Capsule through a window of the International Space Station (ISS) as it departed for Earth. Aboard were Expedition Six crew members, astronauts Kerneth D. Bowersox and Donald R. Pettit, and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin. Expedition Six served a 5 and 1/2 month stay aboard the ISS, the longest stay to date.

RUSSIA - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (left), NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (center) and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (right) celebrate their mission onboard an aircraft flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

ISS007-E-05257 (3 May 2003) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz TMA-1 capsule departs from the station carrying the Expedition Six crewmembers, astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

STAR CITY, RUSSIA - Expedition Six Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (left), Commander Ken Bowersox (center), and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (right) answer questions during a Press Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

JSC2003-E-05206 (3 February 2003) --- Former President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Bush talk with the three-member crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during a visit to the Johnson Space Center's station flight control room (BFCR) on Feb. 3, 2003. Onboard the orbital outpost are astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six commander; and Donald Pettit, ISS Science Officer; along with cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, flight engineer.

STAR CITY, RUSSIA - Expedition Six Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (large), Commander Ken Bowersox (center), and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (right) pose for photos at a Press Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Crew members for the joint Space Shuttle / Mir mission field questions from the press at JSC. Left to right are cosmonauts Nikolai M. Budarin, Anatoliy Y. Solovyov, Gennadiy M. Strekalov, Vladimir N. Dezhurov, and astronauts Bonnie J. Dunbar, Norman E. Thagard, along with Kari L. Fluegel of the Public Affairs Office's (PAO) News and Media Services Branch. Flags representing the international space partners - Russia, the United States, the European Space Agency (ESA), Canada and Japan - are displayed behind the conference participants.

S94-35069 (17 June 1994) --- Crew members for the joint Space Shuttle/Mir missions pose for a team portrait in the midst of a three week training period at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). On the front row are, left to right, astronaut Norman E. Thagard and cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov and Gennadi M. Strekalov. Back row, left to right, cosmonauts Yuri I. Onufrienko and Anatoly Y. Solovyov, astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar, cosmonauts Nikolai M. Budarin and Alexander F. Poleshchuk.

May 6, 2003. Star City, Russia. Expedition Six Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (L), Commander Ken Bowersox (C), and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (R) answer questions during a Press Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Expedition 6 crew practice using equipment they will be handling during their residency on the International Space Station. In the center of the photo is Commander Ken Bowersox; holding the flexible hose is crew member Nikolai Budarin. Donald Thomas is the third member of the crew. Expedition 6 is attached to mission STS-113, scheduled to launch in September 2002.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Expedition 6 crew look over equipment they will be handling during their residency on the International Space Station. At left is Commander Ken Bowersox; at right is cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin. The third crew member (not shown) is astronaut Donald Thomas. The Expedition 6 crew is attached to mission STS-113, scheduled to launch in September 2002.

ISS007-E-05256 (3 May 2003) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz TMA-1 capsule departs from the station carrying the Expedition Six crewmembers, astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

ISS006-E-45802 (14 April 2003) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol suits, astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (right), Expedition Six mission commander, and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer, are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The crewmembers were practicing for their return flight home scheduled for May 3, 2003 onboard the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft.

ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (center), Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (left) and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (not pictured) are welcomed to Kazakhstan by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev. The Expedition Six Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Expedition 6 crew practice using equipment they will be handling during their residency on the International Space Station. In the center of the photo is Commander Ken Bowersox; holding the flexible hose is crew member Nikolai Budarin. Donald Thomas is the third member of the crew. Expedition 6 is attached to mission STS-113, scheduled to launch in September 2002.

STS113-E-05058 (25 November 2002) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six flight engineer, uses a camera on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Also pictured are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin (center), Expedition Six flight engineer, and astronaut John B. Herrington, STS-113 mission specialist.

STS113-E-05243 (29 November 2002) --- The Expedition Six crewmembers pose for a crew photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are astronauts Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer; Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

S97-17660 MIR-25 CREW PORTRAIT --- This portrait made in Russia of the Mir-25 crew. From the left are astronaut Andrew S. W. Thomas, cosmonaut guest researcher; cosmonaut Talgat A. Musabayev, flight engineer; and cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, commander. Not pictured is French astronaut Leopold Eyharts, who will join this crew in mid-February 1998.

ISS005-E-21505 (25 November 2002) --- The Expedition Five crewmembers greet the Expedition Six and STS-113 crewmembers when the hatch to the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA-2) on the International Space Station (ISS) was opened for the STS-113 ingress. Pictured are cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun (back to camera, left), Expedition Five mission commander; astronaut Peggy A. Whitson (back to camera, right), Expedition Five NASA ISS science office. Pictured, left to right (background), are astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six mission commander; cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer; and astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-113 mission commander. Korzun and Budarin represent Rosaviakosmos.

STS113-342-006 (29 November 2002) --- The STS-113 (red shirts), Expedition Five (right) and Expedition Six crewmembers (left) gathered for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The STS-113 crew, front to back, are astronauts James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; John B. Herrington (left), Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, mission specialists; and Paul S. Lockhart, pilot. The Expedition Six crew, front to back, are astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer. The Expedition Five crew, front to back, are cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, mission commander; astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, flight engineer. Korzun, Treschev and Budarin represent Rosaviakosmos.

S94-34094 (16 June 1994) --- Crewmembers for the joint Space Shuttle/Mir missions meet the press at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). On the dais are, left to right, cosmonauts Nikolai M. Budarin, Anatoly Y. Solovyov, Gennady M. Strekalov and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, and astronauts Bonnie J. Dunbar and Norman E. Thagard. In a precedent-setting flight, Thagard will be launched with Dezhurov and Strekalov to Mir early next year for a three month mission, designated as Mir 18, on Russia's space station. Then in late May, as the assignment of STS-71, the space shuttle Atlantis will rendezvous with Mir to pick up the Mir 18 crew and transfer cosmonauts Solovyov and Budarin to the station for the Mir 19 mission. STS-71 mission specialist Dunbar is training as Thagard's backup.

S94-47071 (Nov. 1994) --- In a Shuttle mockup trainer at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), two Russian cosmonauts assigned to Russia's Mir 19 mission check out hardware like that to be flown onboard NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis, the spacecraft that will take the pair to their orbital destination. Anatoly Y. Solovyev, mission commander; and Nikolai M. Budarin (nearest camera), flight engineer, practice using the Recumbent Seating System (RSS). RSS has been manifest to be carried on the Space Shuttle Atlantis for the STS-71 mission. When Atlantis docks with the Mir space station in 1995, a NASA astronaut and two other Russian cosmonauts, who will have been onboard Mir for a long duration stay, will join the STS-71 crew for the return to Earth. Solovyev and Budarin will remain aboard Mir, to return to Earth later in one of Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.

S94-34099 (16 June 1994) --- Crewmembers for two of the joint Space Shuttle/Mir missions pose for photographs after fielding questions from the press at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Left to right are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar, cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyov, Gennadiy M. Strekalov and Vladimir N. Dezhurov; and astronaut Norman E. Thagard. In a precedent-setting flight, Thagard will be launched with Dezhurov and Strekalov to Russia?s Mir Space Station early next year for a three-month mission, designated as Mir 18. Then in late May, as the assignment of STS-71, the Space Shuttle Atlantis will rendezvous with Mir to pick up the Mir 18 crew and transfer cosmonauts Solovyov and Budarin to the station for the Mir 19 mission. STS-71 mission specialist Dunbar is training as Thagard?s backup.

STS071-S-075 (4 July 1995) --- This view of the space shuttle Atlantis beginning its move away from Russia's Mir Space Station was photographed by the Mir-19 crew on July 4, 1995. Cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyev and Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir-19 commander and flight engineer, respectively, temporarily undocked the Soyuz spacecraft from the cluster of Mir elements to perform a brief fly-around. They took pictures while the STS-71 crew, with Mir-18's three crew members aboard, undocked from Atlantis for the completion of this leg of the joint activities. Solovyev and Budarin had been taxied to the Mir Space Station by the STS-71 ascent trip of Atlantis.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After their arrival at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, the crews of mission STS-113 pause for a group photo. From left are STS-113 Commander James Wetherbee, Pilot Paul Lockhart, and Mission Specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington; and the Expedition 6 crew, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, Commander Ken Bowersox and Flight Engineer Donald Pettit. Budarin represents the Russian Space Agency. The primary mission of STS-113 is bringing the Expedition 6 crew to the Station and returning the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. In addition, the major objective of the mission is delivery of the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Assembly, which will be attached to the port side of the S0 truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install and activate the truss and its associated equipment. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-113 is scheduled for Nov. 11 between midnight and 4 a.m. EST.

STS071-763-007 (27 June-7 July 1995) --- Onboard the docked Soyuz spacecraft, cosmonauts Anatoly Y. Solovyev (left) and Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir 19 commander and flight engineer, respectively, conduct a checkout of communications systems. The two represent the new in a change of guard aboard Russia's Mir Space Station, as Mir-18 astronaut Norman E. Thagard and two Mir-18 cosmonauts prepare to come back to Earth with the STS-71 crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Later in the joint mission, Solovyev and Budarin backed the Soyuz spacecraft away from the Mir/Atlantis tandem to allow for the space shuttle Atlantis to undock with its crew of six astronauts and two cosmonauts aboard.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Expedition 6 flight engineer Nikolai Budarin is stoic as he suits up for a second launch attempt on mission STS-113. The launch on Nov. 22 was scrubbed due to poor weather conditions at the Transoceanic Abort Landing sites. Budarin, who is with the Russian Space Agency, will be making his second Shuttle flight. The primary mission for the crew is bringing the Expedition 6 crew to the Station and returning the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. The major objective of the mission is delivery of the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Assembly, which will be attached to the port side of the S0 truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install and activate the truss and its associated equipment. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-113 is scheduled for 7:50 p.m. EST.

STS071-S-074 (4 July 1995) --- This view of the space shuttle Atlantis during its move away from Russia's Mir Space Station was photographed by the Mir-19 crew on July 4, 1995. Cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyev and Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir-19 commander and flight engineer, respectively, temporarily undocked the Soyuz spacecraft from the cluster of Mir elements to perform a brief fly-around. They took pictures while the STS-71 crew, with Mir-18's three crew members aboard, undocked from Atlantis for the completion of this leg of the joint activities. Solovyev and Budarin had been taxied to the Mir Space Station by the STS-71 ascent trip of Atlantis.

STS113-E-05230 (29 November 2002) --- The STS-113 (red shirts), Expedition Five (right) and Expedition Six crewmembers (left) gathered for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The STS-113 crew, front to back, are astronauts James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; John B. Herrington (left), Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, mission specialists; and Paul S. Lockhart, pilot. The Expedition Six crew, front to back, are astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander; Donald R. Pettit, NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer. The Expedition Five crew, front to back, are cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, mission commander; astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, flight engineer. Korzun, Treschev and Budarin represent Rosaviakosmos.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - As part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities, the STS-113 and Expedition 6 crews receive training in emergency exit from the orbiter on Launch Pad 39A. Shown are (from left) Mission Commander James Wetherbee and cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin and astronaut Donald Pettit of the Expedition 6 crew. The TCDT also includes a simulated launch countdown. The 16th assembly flight to the International Space Station, STS-113 will carry the Port 1 (P1) truss aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour as well as the Expedition 6 crew, who will replace Expedition 5 on the Station. Mission STS-113 is scheduled to launch Nov. 10, 2002.

STS071-122-013 (27 June-7 July 1995) --- Inside the space shuttle Atlantis' Spacelab Science Module, the crewmembers of STS-71, Mir-18 and Mir-19 pose for the traditional inflight portrait. For individual identification, hold picture vertically with socked feet of Anatoly Y. Solovyev at bottom center. Clockwise from Solovyev are astronauts Gregory J. Harbaugh, Robert L. Gibson, Charles J. Precourt, Nikolai M. Budarin, Ellen S. Baker, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Norman E. Thagard, and cosmonauts Gennadiy M. Strekalov (at angle) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Expedition 6 crew adjust their gloves during emergency egress practice from the 195-foot level of the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A. From left are astronaut Donald Pettit, cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin and Commander Ken Bowersox. The crew, travelers on Mission STS-113, will be replacing Expedition 5 on the International Space Station. Along with Expedition 6, STS-113 will carry the Port 1 (P1) truss aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. Mission STS-113 is scheduled to launch Nov. 10, 2002.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Expedition 6 crew pauses for the photographer after their arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility. From left are astronaut Donald Pettit, Commander Ken Bowersox and cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin. The crew is at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. Expedition 6 will fly on Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station on mission STS-113. They will relieve and replace the Expedition 5 crew. Endeavour will also be transporting the Port 1 (P1) truss segment to the Station. STS-113 is scheduled to launch Nov. 10, 2002.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Expedition 6 crew poses for a photo on 195-foot level of the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A. From left are astronaut Donald Pettit, Commander Ken Bowersox and cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin. Along with the STS-113 crew, they have been participating in emergency egress training, part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities in preparation for their launch. The 16th assembly flight to the International Space Station, STS-113 will carry the Port 1 (P1) truss aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, as well as Expedition 6, who will replace Expedition 5 on the Station. The mission is scheduled to launch Nov. 10, 2002.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Expedition 6 Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, who represents the Russian Space Agency, arrives at KSC to prepare for launch. The primary mission of STS-113 is bringing the Expedition 6 crew to the Station and returning the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. In addition, the major objective of the mission is delivery of the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Assembly, which will be attached to the port side of the S0 truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install and activate the truss and its associated equipment. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-113 is scheduled for Nov. 11 between midnight and 4 a.m. EST.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Expedition 6 crew practice emergency egress from the 195-foot level of the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A. In the slidewire basket are (from left) cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, astronaut Donald Pettit and Commander Ken Bowersox. The crew, travelers on Mission STS-113, will be replacing Expedition 5 on the International Space Station. Along with Expedition 6, STS-113 will carry the Port 1 (P1) truss aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. Mission STS-113 is scheduled to launch Nov. 10, 2002.