Expedition 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer is carried in a chair to the medical tent just minutes after he and fellow crew members Soichi Noguchi and Commander Oleg Kotov landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer is helped out of the Soyuz TMA-17 capsule just minutes after he and fellow crew members Soichi Noguchi and Commander Oleg Kotov landed near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov is carried in a chair to the medical tent just minutes after he and fellow crew members T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
U.S. and Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft after it landed with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 carrying Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 carrying Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov is seen sitting in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and fellow crew members T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi is carried in a chair to the medical tent just minutes after he and fellow crew members T.J. Creamer and Commander Oleg Kotov landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer is seen sitting in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and fellow crew members Soichi Noguchi and Commander Oleg Kotov landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi is helped from a Russian Search and Recovery all terrain vehicle to his helicopter shortly after he and fellow crew members T.J. Creamer and Commander Oleg Kotov landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer signs the wall inside a helicopter taking him to Karaganda, Kazakhstan shortly after he and fellow crew members Soichi Noguchi and Commander Oleg Kotov landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer, center, is assisted by NASA Flight Surgeon Pete Bauer, left, and Chief NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson from a Russian Search and Recovery all terrain vehicle to his helicopter shortly after he and fellow crew members Soichi Noguchi and Commander Oleg Kotov landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer, left, Commander Oleg Kotov, center, and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi wear ceremonial Kazakhstan hats and robes presented to them during a welcome home ceremony held at the Karaganda airport in Karaganda, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi landed their Soyuz TMA-17 Capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan and returned from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Girls in ceremonial Kazakhstan dress wait at the Karaganda airport in Kazakhstan to present flowers to Expedition 23 crew members; Commander Oleg Kotov, Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi a few hours after the crew landed their Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Russian Search and Recovery Forces all terrain brings NASA Astronaut T.J. Creamer to his helicopter shortly after he and fellow crew members Soichi Noguchi and Commander Oleg Kotov landed in their Soyuz TMA-17 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer, left, Commander Oleg Kotov, center, and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi wear ceremonial Kazakhstan hats and robes presented to them during a welcome home ceremony held at the Karaganda airport in Karaganda, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi landed their Soyuz TMA-17 Capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan and returned from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS023-E-041848 (12 May 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station during the relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module aft port, freeing up Zarya?s nadir port for the installation of the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) during the upcoming STS-132/ULF-4 mission. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz and Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers, undocked the Soyuz spacecraft at 8:26 a.m. (CDT) and docked it to Zvezda at 8:53 a.m. on May 12, 2010. Another Russian spacecraft, currently docked with the station, is visible at top.
ISS023-E-041938 (12 May 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station during the relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module aft port, freeing up Zarya?s nadir port for the installation of the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) during the upcoming STS-132/ULF-4 mission. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz and Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers, undocked the Soyuz spacecraft at 8:26 a.m. (CDT) and docked it to Zvezda at 8:53 a.m. on May 12, 2010.
ISS023-E-041850 (12 May 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station during the relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module aft port, freeing up Zarya?s nadir port for the installation of the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) during the upcoming STS-132/ULF-4 mission. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz and Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers, undocked the Soyuz spacecraft at 8:26 a.m. (CDT) and docked it to Zvezda at 8:53 a.m. on May 12, 2010.
The Soyuz TMA-17 rocket is seen moments after Expedition 22 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan boarded the spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi launched in their Soyuz TMA-17 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS022-E-014333 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014319 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014350 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014338 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014393 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A docked Russian spacecraft is at top left.
ISS022-E-014302 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014370 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014385 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014343 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS023-E-039579 (12 May 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 23 commander, is pictured in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft during preparations for its relocation from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010. A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image.
ISS023-E-039585 (12 May 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (right), Expedition 23 commander; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi (bottom) and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, both flight engineers, are pictured in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft during preparations for its relocation from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.
ISS017-E-019552 (14 Oct. 2008) --- The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott. Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth on Oct. 23 with two of the Expedition 17 crewmembers currently on the complex. Eastern Romania just north of the Black Sea port of Constanta with the lower Danube River floodplain along the left side and forested parts of the Babadagului Plateau at the top form the backdrop for the scene.
ISS017-E-019541 (14 Oct. 2008) --- The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott. Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth on Oct. 23 with two of the Expedition 17 crewmembers currently on the complex. The southeastern coast of Tunisia (left) over the Gulf of Gabes with the Isle of Jerba (bottom-center) forms the backdrop for the scene.
ISS017-E-019550 (14 Oct. 2008) --- The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott. Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth on Oct. 23 with two of the Expedition 17 crewmembers currently on the complex. Northeastern Bulgaria, south of the Danube River (along the top) and north of the Balkan Mountains (along bottom), and the western Black Sea (lower right) form the backdrop for the scene.
ISS023-E-039591 (12 May 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 23 commander, is pictured in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft during preparations for its relocation from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.
ISS023-E-039593 (12 May 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 23 commander, uses a computer in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft during preparations for its relocation from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen in this long exposure as it is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen in this long exposure as it is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A security guard keeps watch as the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS023-E-031292 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (right), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi (out of frame), both flight engineers, conduct a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.
ISS023-E-031302 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (left), Expedition 23 commander; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (out of frame), both flight engineers, conduct a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.
ISS023-E-031296 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (right), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi (out of frame), both flight engineers, conduct a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.
The Soyuz TMA-17 rocket is seen several hours before its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. The Soyuz rocket will carry Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS023-E-031305 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, is pictured in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft currently docked to the International Space Station’s Zarya nadir port. Noguchi, along with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (both out of frame) were conducting a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz spacecraft in preparation for its scheduled relocation from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi, left, Commander Oleg Kotov, center, and Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JSC2008-E-122556 (October 2008) --- Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station as of Oct. 24, 2008. Soyuz 16 (TMA-12) undocks from the Pirs Docking Compartment returning the Expedition 17 crew and spaceflight participant to Earth. Soyuz 17 (TMA-13) is linked to the Zarya nadir port and Progress 30 resupply vehicle remains docked to the Zvezda Service Module aft port.
JSC2010-E-045453 (April 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of April 4, 2010. Soyuz 22 (TMA-18) docks to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) is linked to the Zarya nadir port. Progress 35 resupply vehicle remains docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment and Progress 36 is linked to the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port.
JSC2010-E-052987 (April 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of April 22, 2010. Progress 35 resupply vehicle undocks from the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 22 (TMA-18) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) and Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) remains docked to the Zarya nadir port. Progress 36 resupply vehicle is linked to the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port.
JSC2008-E-122555 (October 2008) --- Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station as of Oct. 14, 2008. Soyuz 17 (TMA-13) docks to the Zarya nadir port carrying the Expedition 18 crew and spaceflight participant. Soyuz 16 (TMA-12) is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment and Progress 30 resupply vehicle remains docked to the Zvezda Service Module aft port.
JSC2009-E-205679 (September 2009) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Sept 17, 2009. Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) is berthed to the Harmony node?s nadir port. Soyuz 18 (TMA-14) remains docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment and Soyuz 19 (TMA-15) remains linked to the Zarya nadir port. Progress 34 resupply vehicle remains docked to the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port.
JSC2010-E-052989 (May 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 10, 2010. Progress 36 resupply vehicle undocks from the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port. Progress 37 resupply vehicle is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 22 (TMA-18) remains docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) and Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) is linked to the Zarya nadir port.
JSC2010-E-015811 (February 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Feb. 4, 2010. Progress 36 resupply vehicle docks to the Zvezda Service Module aft port. Soyuz 20 (TMA-16) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) is linked to the Zarya nadir port and Progress 35 resupply vehicle remains docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment.
JSC2010-E-086853 (May 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 23, 2010. STS-132 space shuttle Atlantis undocks leaving the new Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) on the Zarya nadir port. Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) is docked to the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port. Progress 37 resupply vehicle is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment and Soyuz 22 (TMA-18) remains docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2).
JSC2008-E-032251 (April 2008) --- Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station as of April 10, 2008. Soyuz 16 (TMA-12) docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment, carrying the Expedition 17 crew and spaceflight participant. Soyuz 15 (TMA-11) is linked at the Zarya nadir port and the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-1) remains docked to the Zvezda Service Module aft port.
JSC2010-E-052988 (May 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 1, 2010. Progress 37 resupply vehicle docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 22 (TMA-18) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) and Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) remains docked to the Zarya nadir port. Progress 36 resupply vehicle is linked to the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port.
JSC2010-E-052990 (May 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 12, 2010. Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) undocks from to the Zarya nadir port and relocates to the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port. Progress 37 resupply vehicle is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment and Soyuz 22 (TMA-18) remains docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2).
JSC2009-E-215176 (October 2009) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Oct. 17, 2009. Progress 35 resupply vehicle docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 20 (TMA-16) is docked to the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port and Soyuz 19 (TMA-15) remains linked to the Zarya nadir port. The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) is berthed to the Harmony node?s nadir port.
JSC2008-E-032252 (April 2008) --- Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station as of April 10, 2008. Soyuz 16 (TMA-12) docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment, carrying the Expedition 17 crew and spaceflight participant. Soyuz 15 (TMA-11) is linked at the Zarya nadir port and the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-1) remains docked to the Zvezda Service Module aft port.
JSC2010-E-008592 (January 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Jan. 21, 2010. Soyuz 20 (TMA-16) is relocated from the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port to the zenith port of the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) is linked to the Zarya nadir port and Progress 35 resupply vehicle remains docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment.
JSC2010-E-132986 (17 Sept. 2010) --- Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka (left), Expedition 25 flight engineer, and Alexander Kaleri (center), Soyuz commander, along with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (right), flight engineer, pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Cannon at the Kremlin in Moscow Sept. 17, 2010 as part of the ceremonial activities leading to their launch Oct. 8 (Kazakhstan time) in the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft for a 5 ? month stay on the International Space Station. Photo credit: Stephanie Stoll/NASA
ISS026-E-010645 (17 Dec. 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Soyuz commander and Expedition 26 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:11 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 17, 2010.
ISS026-E-010647 (17 Dec. 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Soyuz commander and Expedition 26 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:11 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 17, 2010.
ISS026-E-010657 (17 Dec. 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Soyuz commander and Expedition 26 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:11 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 17, 2010.
ISS026-E-010652 (17 Dec. 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Soyuz commander and Expedition 26 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:11 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 17, 2010.
ISS026-E-010655 (17 Dec. 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Soyuz commander and Expedition 26 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:11 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 17, 2010.
JSC2010-E-132981 (17 Sept. 2010) --- As part of their ceremonial preflight activities, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 25 flight engineer; Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz commander; and Oleg Skripochka, flight engineer, posed for pictures in front of the Tsar Bell at the Kremlin in Moscow Sept. 17, 2010 as they prepare for the launch Oct. 8 (Kazakhstan time) in the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 5 ? month stay on the International Space Station. Photo credit: Jeremiah Maddix/NASA
ISS026-E-010649 (17 Dec. 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Soyuz commander and Expedition 26 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:11 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 17, 2010.
55-17-3: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. The trio will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
JSC2010-E-040842 (March 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of March 18, 2010. Soyuz 20 (TMA-16) undocks from the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), returning NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer, to Earth. Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) is linked to the Zarya nadir port. Progress 35 resupply vehicle remains docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment and Progress 36 is linked to the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port.
17-14-11-48: (17 Sept. 2014) --- Expedition 41/42 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), left; Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore enjoy a moment of relaxation at a gazebo adjacent to their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 17. The trio will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
17-11-26-12: (17 Sept. 2014) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore looks on intently as he and his crewmates review flight procedures Sept. 17 for their upcoming launch. Wilmore, Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
S116-E-06794 (17 Dec. 2006) --- The docked Soyuz 13 (TMA-9) (foreground) and Progress 22 resupply vehicle are featured in this image photographed by a STS-116 crewmember from a window on the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. The blackness of space provides the backdrop for the scene.
JSC2008-E-141515 (November 2008) --- Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station as of Nov. 14, 2008. Progress 30 resupply vehicle undocks from the Zvezda Service Module aft port. Soyuz 17 (TMA-13) remains linked to the Zarya nadir port.
S116-E-06753 (17 Dec. 2006) --- The docked Soyuz 13 (TMA-9) (foreground) and Progress 22 resupply vehicle are featured in this image photographed by a STS-116 crewmember from a window on the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.
ISS024-E-006194 (17 June 2010) --- NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock, Shannon Walker (foreground) and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, all Expedition 24 flight engineers, are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station shortly after Wheelock and Walker’s arrival in the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft.
ISS031-E-081649 (17 May 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (background) and Sergei Revin, both Expedition 31 flight engineers, are pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station shortly after Padalka, Revin and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (not pictured) docked with the space station in their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft.
JSC2009-E-028065 (February 2009) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Feb. 13, 2009. Progress 32 resupply vehicle docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 17 (TMA-13) remains docked to the Zarya nadir port.
JSC2009-E-028064 (February 2009) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Feb. 5, 2009. Progress 31 resupply vehicle undocks from the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 17 (TMA-13) remains docked to the Zarya nadir port.
JSC2008-E-141516 (November 2008) --- Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station as of Nov. 30, 2008. Progress 31 resupply vehicle docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 17 (TMA-13) remains linked to the Zarya nadir port.
S116-E-06757 (17 Dec. 2006) --- The docked Soyuz 13 (TMA-9) (foreground) and Progress 22 resupply vehicle are featured in this image photographed by a STS-116 crewmember from a window on the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.