ISS032-E-005028 (1 July 2012) --- This close-up view shows the docking mechanism of the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft as it undocks from the International Space Station?s Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1) on July 1, 2012. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, both flight engineers, are returning from more than six months aboard the space station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews.
ISS032-E-005023 (1 July 2012) --- This close-up view shows the docking mechanism of the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft as it undocks from the International Space Station?s Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1) on July 1, 2012. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, both flight engineers, are returning from more than six months aboard the space station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews.
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
ISS030-E-015605 (23 Dec. 2011) --- With the three Expedition 30/31 crew members aboard, the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft (left) eases toward its docking with the Russian-built Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), also known as Rassvet, Russian for "dawn." The docking, which once more enables six astronauts and cosmonauts to work together aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, took place at 9:19 a.m. (CST) on Dec. 23, 2011.
ISS030-E-015599 (23 Dec. 2011) --- With the three Expedition 30/31 crew members aboard, the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft (left) eases toward its docking with the Russian-built Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), also known as Rassvet, Russian for "dawn." The docking, which once more enables six astronauts and cosmonauts to work together aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, took place at 9:19 a.m. (CST) on Dec. 23, 2011.
ISS030-E-015603 (23 Dec. 2011) --- With the three Expedition 30/31 crew members aboard, the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft (left) eases toward its docking with the Russian-built Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), also known as Rassvet, Russian for "dawn." The docking, which once more enables six astronauts and cosmonauts to work together aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, took place at 9:19 a.m. (CST) on Dec. 23, 2011.
Support personnel rush to the the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule shortly after it landed with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Russian Search and Rescue helicopter flies to the the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule shortly after it landed with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian support personnel prepare to access the crew of Soyuz TMA-03M capsule shortly after it landed with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Support personnel rush to the the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule shortly after it landed with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Expedition 31 Soyuz landing site is seen through the plexiglass window of the helicopter carrying Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit to Karaganda less than two hours after he and Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency landed in their Soyuz TMA-03M capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A closely cropped image of the Soyuz capsule shows the charring that took place during reentry of the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule after it landed with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian Search and Rescue crews attach ladders and a slide for access to the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule shortly after it landed with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-03M capsule is seen out the right window of a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter as it lands near capsule with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency onboard in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Support and medical personnel assist Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA out of the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule shortly after he and Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, and Flight Engineers Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency is helped out of the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule after he and Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, and Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is obscured by the venting of liquid oxygen on it's launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 just hours before its launch to send the crew of Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The flags representing Kazakhstan and the nations of the three crewmembers who will launch in the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft are shown at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. From left to right are the flags of The Netherlands, Russia, the United States and Kazakhstan. Scheduled to launch on December 21st local time are Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at dusk an hour before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. The crew of Expedition 30, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency) Andre Kuipers launched at 7:16pm local time to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is obscured by the venting of liquid oxygen on it's launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 just hours before its launch to send the crew of Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at dusk an hour before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. The crew of Expedition 30, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency) Andre Kuipers launched at 7:16pm local time to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A locomotive backs into Building 112 as it prepares to hitch up with the railcar that will transport the Soyuz TMA-03M to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Launch pad engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan are dwarfed by the large gantry mechanisms at the base of the Soyuz TMA-03M rocket following its rollout to the pad on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency is carried by support personal from the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule to a chair shortly after he and Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, and Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers returned from more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA is helped out of a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter after it carried him from the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule landing site in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan to Karaganda on Sunday, July 1, 2012 in Kazakhstan. Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers Pettit and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency landed in their Soyuz TMA-03M capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan after serving more than six months onboard the International Space Station as members of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS030-E-173969 (24 March 2012) --- Expedition 30 crew members are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station as they prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
JSC2012-E-036590 (March 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of March 28, 2012. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? docks to the Zvezda Service Module. Progress 46 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) and Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-042221 (April 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of April 19, 2012. Progress 46 undocks from the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is docked to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) and Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-216579 (December 2011) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Dec. 23, 2011. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) docks to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1), bringing Expedition 30 crew members (Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers) to the space station. Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) and Progress 45 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-020533 (January 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Jan. 27, 2012. Progress 46 docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is linked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) and Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-020532 (January 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Jan. 23, 2012. Progress 45 undocks from the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is linked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) and Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-042222 (April 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of April 22, 2012. Progress 47 docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is docked to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) and Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-042223 (April 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of April 27, 2012. Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) undocks from the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Progress 47 is docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA
ISS031-E-150060 (28 June 2012) --- In the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander, adds the Soyuz TMA-03M patch to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station.
ISS031-E-150059 (28 June 2012) --- In the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander, adds the Soyuz TMA-03M patch to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station.
At the Korolev Museum in the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA signs a picture of a Soyuz rocket December 16, 2011 as he and his Expedition 30 crewmates enter the final days of preparations for launch December 21 on their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency will spend five and a half months on the station. Credit: NASA
At the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket containing the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is mated with the rest of the rocket Dec. 18, 2011. Preparations continue for launch from Baikonur to the International Space Station on Dec. 21 with Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency. Photo credit: NASA
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the crewmembers who will round out the Expedition 30 crew on the International Space Station pose for pictures in front of a section of their Soyuz booster rocket Dec. 9, 2011. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (center) and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency (right) will launch Dec. 21 from Baikonur on the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft for the station. Credit: NASA
At the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket containing the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is positioned for mating with the rest of the rocket Dec. 18, 2011. Preparations continue for launch from Baikonur to the International Space Station on Dec. 21 with Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency. Photo credit: NASA
Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, second from left, and Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, second from right, are seen as they are escorted to the Soyuz launch pad just hours prior to their launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, bottom, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit of the U.S., and ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers, top, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Kononenko, Pettit and Kuipers launched in their Soyuz TMA-03M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:16 p.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
At the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket containing the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is positioned for mating with the rest of the rocket Dec. 18, 2011. Preparations continue for launch from Baikonur to the International Space Station on Dec. 21 with Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency. Photo credit: NASA
At the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket containing the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is positioned for mating with the rest of the rocket Dec. 18, 2011. Preparations continue for launch from Baikonur to the International Space Station on Dec. 21 with Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency. Photo credit: NASA
ISS030-E-173974 (24 March 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works in a hatchway on the International Space Station as crew members prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-171108 (24 March 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 30 flight engineer, wearing a communication headset, is pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station as crew members prepare for their move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-173924 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, flight engineer, close a hatch in the International Space Station as crew members prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-173920 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, closes a hatch in the International Space Station as crew members prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, flight engineer, is at left. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-171093 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, flight engineer, work in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Crew members were preparing for their move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-171111 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center) and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, both flight engineers, review crew procedures in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation of moving to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-173929 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, flight engineer, are pictured near a hatch in the International Space Station as crew members prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-173931 (24 March 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, closes a hatch in the International Space Station as crew members prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-173911 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, reviews crew procedures in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station as crew members prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-173973 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (second left), Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko (left) and Anton Shkaplerov and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, all flight engineers, are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station as they prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-171113 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (wearing a communication headset), Expedition 30 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, flight engineer, review crew procedures in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation of moving to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-173977 (24 March 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works in a hatchway on the International Space Station as crew members prepare to move to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
ISS030-E-171107 (24 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 30 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, flight engineer, wearing communication headsets, review crew procedures in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in preparation of moving to the appropriate Soyuz vehicles, due to the possibility that space debris could pass close to the station. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin sheltered in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit took to the Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1).
At the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit lays flowers at the site where Russian space heroes are interred during a traditional ceremony Dec. 1, 2011. Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency will launch on Dec. 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the crewmembers who will round out the Expedition 30 crew on the International Space Station pose for pictures December 16, 2011 following the final checkout of their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft in its integration facility. Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit (right) will launch on Dec. 21 for the station from Baikonur to begin a five and a half month mission. Credit: NASA
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA flashes a smile as he boards the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft in its integration facility December 16, 2011 as part of the final check out of the vehicle before launch. Pettit, Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko will launch on Dec. 21 from Baikonur bound for the International Space Station to begin a five and a half month mission. Credit: NASA
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit flashes a smile as he climbs aboard his Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft Dec. 9, 2011 during a dress rehearsal fit check. Pettit will launch Dec. 21 to the International Space Station with Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency. Credit: NASA
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the three crewmembers who will round out the Expedition 30 crew on the International Space Station pose for pictures following a fit check in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft Dec. 9, 2011. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (center) and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers (right) will launch Dec. 21 to the station from Baikonur. Credit: NASA
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the next trio to launch to the International Space Station share a light moment during their traditional crew news conference Dec. 1, 2011. From left to right are Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko. The crewmembers will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 21 on their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. Credit: NASA
At the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency prepares to lay flowers at the site where Russian space heroes are interred during a traditional ceremony Dec. 1, 2011. Kuipers, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit will launch on Dec. 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
At the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, the next trio to launch to the International Space Station prepare to lay flowers at the site where Russian space heroes are interred during their traditional ceremony Dec. 1, 2011. From left to right are Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency. The crewmembers will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 21 on their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. Credit: NASA
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency undergoes a leak check of his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit Dec. 9, 2011 as he prepare for launch Dec. 21 on the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to the International Space Station with crewmates Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA. Credit: NASA
At the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko prepares to lay flowers at the site where Russian space heroes are interred during a traditional ceremony Dec. 1, 2011. Kononenko, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency will launch on Dec. 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
At the Kremlin in Moscow, the prime crew for the next launch of Expedition 30 crewmembers to the International Space Station pose for pictures Dec. 1, 2011 in front of the Tsar Cannon following traditional ceremonial activities at Red Square. From left to right are NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency. The trio will launch Dec. 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. Credit: NASA
Braced against the cold of single digit temperatures, Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (center) and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency (right) take a walk on the grounds of their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Dec. 15, 2011 as they prepare for launch on Dec. 21 in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft from Baikonur to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
At their crew quarters at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit (right) listen to a review of flight data file information from a training instructor Dec. 15, 2011 as the trio prepares for launch Dec. 21 to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft from Baikonur. Credit: NASA
At the Kremlin in Moscow, Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit (left, foreground) and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency stroll to their next destination following ceremonial activities in Red Square Dec. 1, 2011. Pettit, Kuipers and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko will launch Dec. 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. Credit: NASA
Expedition 30 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuipers, center, is seen as he is escorted to the Soyuz launch pad just hours prior to his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
At the headquarters of the Russian Federal Space Agency, the Expedition 30/31 prime crewmembers share a moment with Russian space officials in a ceremonial send off Dec. 6, 2011 prior to their departure for their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 8. From left to right are NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko. The trio are scheduled to launch Dec. 21 from Baikonur to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. Credit: NASA
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the next trio to launch to the International Space Station pose for pictures during their traditional crew news conference Dec. 1, 2011. From left to right are Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko. The crewmembers will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 21 on their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. Credit: NASA
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the three crewmembers who will round out the Expedition 30 crew on the International Space Station share a light moment with Russian technicians as they inspect crew equipment hardware following a fit check in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft Dec. 9, 2011. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit (far left), Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency (standing to Pettit’s left) and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (to Kuipers’ left) will launch Dec. 21 to the station from Baikonur. Credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-064351 (May 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 16, 2012. Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) docks to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), bringing Expedition 31/32 crew members (Padalka, Revin, Acaba) to the space station. Progress 47 is docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is linked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-064353 (May 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 31, 2012. The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is unberthed from the Harmony node for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Progress 47 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-064352 (May 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 25, 2012. The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is berthed to the Harmony node. Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Progress 47 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA