STS096-376-012 (30 May 1999) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev and astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan, mission specialists, tote a checklist as they ingress the Unity node aboard the International Space Station (ISS) currently docked with the Space Shuttle Discovery in Earth orbit. Tokarev represents the Russian Space Agency (RSA).

STS096-360-017 (27 May - 6 June 1999) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, mission specialist, prepares to use a handheld 70mm camera to record out-the-window activity from Discovery's aft flight deck. Tokarev represents the Russian Space Agency (RSA).

S96-E-5123 (1 June 1999) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev waves at a crewmate during work in the Russian-built Zarya on Flight Day 6. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 07:47:59 GMT, June 1, 1999.

S96-E-5018 (30 May 1999) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, one of five mission specialists aboard Discovery, checks out a camera which is to be used later from this flight deck position to support out-the-window photography during a busy fourth day in space for STS-96. Tokarev represents the Russian Space Agency (RSA).

S96-E-5084 (31 May 1999) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev and astronaut Tamara Jernigan are almost obscured by communications gear in this scene recorded in the passageway to the Russian-built Zarya module. Tokarev is a mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA). Jernigan is one of two mission specialists that earlier had performed a lengthy space walk to do some exterior work on the International Space Station (ISS). The scene was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 02:09:00 GMT, May 31, 1999.

ISS012-E-15071 (January 2006) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, photographed with hardware in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

S96-E-5031 (29 May 1999) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev return to the space shuttle Discovery after a brief intravehicular trip to the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA 2) on flight day four. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 07:02:52 GMT, May 29, 1999. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2005-E-36546 (26 August 2005) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer and Soyuz commander, attired in a Russian Sokol suit, pauses from a busy training schedule in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait.

S96-E-5002 (29 MAY 1999) --- With the aid of a lamp, cosmonaut Valery Tokarev and astronaut Ellen Ochoa participate in the activation of SPACEHAB on Flight Day 2. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 07:18:06 GMT, May 29, 1999.

S96-E-5200 (03 June 1999) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger (left) and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev put on the finishing touches of their assigned chores in preparation of the International Space Station (ISS). The photograph was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 03:58:28 GMT, June 3, 1999.

Valery I. Tokarev, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander; sees more people than he's seen in six months as personnel assist him in egressing his Soyuz spacecraft. Tokarev and William S. McArthur, Jr., NASA Commander and International Space Station Science Officer; along with Marcos C. Pontes representing the Brazilian Space Agency, returned to Earth onboard the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft. Touch down was on Sunday, April 9, 2006, in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Pontes arrived at the station with the Expedition 13 crew on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Valery I. Tokarev, Soyuz Commander and Expedition 12 Flight Engineer, exchanges greetings with some of the crowd on hand in the steppes of Kazakhstan to meet the three crewmembers returning to Earth from the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Tokarev were Expedition 12 Commander Space Station Science Officer Bill McArthur and Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes representing the Braizil Space Agency, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev enters the Soyuz capsule for a final check Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 10 is scheduled to launch October 14 on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 backup crew members cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, left and NASA astronaut William S. McArthur depart the plane at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004. The Expedition 10 crew is scheduled to be launched on the Soyuz TMA-5 to the International Space Station on October 14, 2004. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., left, Expedition 12 Commander and space station Science Officer; Valery I. Tokarev, Flight Engineer and Soyuz commander; are helped from a plane after their landing. The Expedition 12 crew brought their Soyuz TMA-7 capsule to a pre-dawn landing on Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 7:48 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S96-E-5022 (29 May 1999) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev read over flight data in preparation for post-docking activity. Shortly after the Discovery linked with the orbiting International Space Station (ISS), Ochoa and Tokarev, a mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), briefly went into the Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-2). This photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC)at 5:53:37 GMT, May 29, 1999.

S96-E-5078 (31 May 1999) --- Flight Day 5 activity called for some of Discovery's crew members to work in the Unity node, part of the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are astronauts Tamara Jernigan and Julie Payette, along with cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev. Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Tokarev is with the Russian Space Agency (RSA). The photo was taken at 01:50:38, May 31, 1999.

Brazilian astronaut Marcos C. Pontes, left, Expedition 12 crew members, Valery I. Tokarev, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander, and William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., right, Expedition 12 commander and space station Science Officer. Expedition 12 returned to Earth and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 9, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev, left, watches backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur exit the Soyuz capsule after their final check of the spacecraft Saturday, October 9, 2004 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 10 is scheduled to launch October 14 on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The two Expedition 12 crew members and a Brazilian astronaut are met by a couple of dozen greeters on hand at the landing site of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Still wearing their spacesuits (in the foreground, left to right) are Marcos C. Pontes of Brazil, Valery I. Tokarev of Russia's Federal Space Agency and William S. McArthur Jr. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev, lower right in blue, and backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur stop and pose for photos after having completed their final inspection of the Soyuz spacecraft at buidling 254, Saturday, October 9, 2004, at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 10 is scheduled to launch October 14 on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From left to right, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Backup crewmembers Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands of the European Space Agency, center, Bill McArthur of NASA, left, and Valery Tokarev of Russia listen to Russian space officials clear their Expedition 8 and European Space Agency prime crewmembers for launch during a State Commission meeting, Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Prime crewmembers Mike Foale, Alexander Kaleri and Pedro Duque launched, Saturday, Oct. 18 to the International Space Station in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle.Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, far left, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, far right, are lead by an instructor for early morning exercises on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From left to right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur talk to the press from behind glass one day prior to their scheduled launch of the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew docked to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crewmembers, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, foregroung left, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, background right, go for an early morning jog on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From left to right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur are lead by an instructor for early morning exercises on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From Left to Right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition 10 Commander Bill McArthur report to space officials on the results of the dress rehearsal of their launch activities, Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S99-03799 (1999) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Colonel, Russian Air Force Test.

From left to right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Expedition 10 backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur speak with officials from behind glass after having conducted a final inspection of their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft on Saturday, October 9, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in preparation for their launch October 14 to the International Space Station. The Soyuz vehicle will be mated to its booster rocket October 11 in preparation for its rollout to the Central Asian launch pad October 12. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The prime and backup crews for Expedition 8 and European Space Agency crew members prepare to depart the suitup room at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003 for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station. Seated in the front row are Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and the ESA's Pedro Duque of Spain, right. Standing behind them are backup Expedition 8 Commander Bill McArthur, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup ESA crewmember Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2002-00599 (19 March 2002) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 9 flight engineer, waves as he is about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Tokarev, who represents Rosaviakosmos, is wearing a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

JSC2002-00587 (19 March 2002) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (partially obscured), Expedition Eight mission commander and flight engineer, respectively, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Foale and Tokarev are wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. Divers are in the water to assist the astronaut and cosmonaut in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). Tokarev represents Rosaviakosmos.

S99-05970 (7 June 1999) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), speaks to the crowd that turned out for STS-96 welcome home ceremonies at Ellington Field.

The prime and backup crews for the Oct. 18 launch of a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station participate in the traditional flag-raising ceremony outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are backup Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev, backup European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, prime European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, prime Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale and backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2003-E-37776 (22 May 2003) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (left), Expedition 9 flight engineer, participates in Human Research Facility (HRF) training in the International Space Station (ISS) Destiny laboratory mockup/trainer at the Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility. Instructor Jessica Meir (center) and trainer Tim Haley assisted Tokarev, who represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS012-E-14244 (28 Dec. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr. (right), Expedition 13 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, pose for a holiday photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. McArthur and Tokarev are holding Christmas stockings and wearing Santa Claus hats. A small Christmas tree and Santa Claus figurine sit on the gallery table in the foreground.

ISS012-E-06011 (23 Oct. 2005) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (left), Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, dons his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest Airlock of the international space station. Astronaut William S. McArthur Jr., commander and NASA science officer, assisted Tokarev. When the Expedition 12 crew performs its first scheduled day of spacewalking on Nov. 7, it will be attired in the NASA EMU.

ISS012-E-06006 (23 October 2005) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (left), Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, dons his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest Airlock of the international space station. Astronaut William S. McArthur Jr., commander and NASA science officer, assisted Tokarev. When the Expedition 12 crew performs its first scheduled day of spacewalking on Nov. 7, it will be attired in the NASA EMU.

ISS012-E-06012 (23 October 2005) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (left), Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, dons his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest Airlock of the international space station. Astronaut William S. McArthur Jr., commander and NASA science officer, assisted Tokarev. When the Expedition 12 crew performs its first scheduled day of spacewalking on Nov. 7, it will be attired in the NASA EMU.

ISS012-E-08724 (16 Nov. 2005) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses a laptop computer and hand controller at the Simvol-Ts / TORU workstation in the Zvezda Service Module of the international space station. A docking simulation can be seen on the computer screen as Tokarev conducts onboard training for relocation of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft.

ISS012-E-06290 (3 November 2005) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, performs a water transfer from Progress Tanks 1 and 2 to the Russian EDV water container in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS012-E-22732 (24 Oct. 2005) --- Astronaut Williams S. (Bill) McArthur Jr. (right), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, eat a meal in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS012-E-17050 (24 Jan. 2006) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, assembles the antenna kit for the Radioskaf (SuitSat) payload in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station.

Photographic documentation showing the STS-96 crew return ceremony at Ellington Field. Views include: pilot Rick D. Husband with his two children, Mission Specialist (MS) Daniel T. Barry is partially visible behind him (05966); MS Ellen Ochoa holds a baby (05967); slanted side view of the stage with mission commander Kent V. Rominger at the podium, and seated behind him (left to right): Mr. George Abbey, JSC director, MS Valery Tokarev, MS Julie Payette, MS Daniel T. Barry, MS Ellen Ochoa, MS Tamara E. Jernigan and pilot Rick D. Husband (05968); Payette sign photographs for visitors (05969); Tokarev at the podium (05970); Husband at the podium (05971); Ochoa at the podium (05972); Rominger at the podium (05973); Tokarev signs photographs for visitors (05974); front, wide shot showing MS Tamara E. Jernigan at the podium, and seated behind her (left to right); Mr. George Abbey, MS Valery Tokarev, MS Julie Payette, MS Daniel T. Barry, MS Ellen Ochoa, pilot Rick D. Husband and mission commander Kent V. Rominger (05975); Jernigan signs photographs for visitors (05976).

STS-96 crew members and their families exit the bus at the Cape Canaveral Air Station Skid Strip to return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From left are Mission Specialist Valery Ivanovich Tokarev (with the Russian Space Agency) and his wife, Irina; Sue Barry and Jennifer Barry, the wife and daughter, respectively, of Mission Specialist Daniel Barry (M.D., Ph.D.) (background); (foreground) Andrew Barry, son of Daniel; Pilot Rick D. Husband and his wife, Evelyn; and Ivan Tokarev, son of Valery. Other crew members also returning are Commander Kent V. Rominger and Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa (Ph.D.), Tamara E. Jernigan (Ph.D.), and Julie Payette (with the Canadian Space Agency). After a successful 10-day mission to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, the crew landed June 6 at 2:02:43 a.m. EDT, in the 11th night landing at KSC

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- (From left) STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger and Mission Specialists Julie Payette and Ellen Ochoa look over equipment at the SPACEHAB Facility. Members of the STS-96 crew are taking part in a bench review at SPACEHAB as part of familiarization activities for their upcoming mission. The crew also includes Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Tamara E. Jernigan, Daniel Barry, and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev. Payette is with the Canadian Space Agency and Tokarev with the Russian Space Agency. Mission STS-96 is the second flight in construction of the International Space Station and will include the SPACEHAB. The 10-day mission is targeted for launch on May 24, 1999, at Launch Pad 39B

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger gets a hands-on look at equipment at the SPACEHAB Facility. Members of the STS-96 crew are taking part in a bench review at SPACEHAB as part of familiarization activities for their upcoming mission. The crew also includes Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa, Tamara E. Jernigan, Daniel Barry, Julie Payette and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev. Payette is with the Canadian Space Agency and Tokarev with the Russian Space Agency. Mission STS-96 is the second flight in construction of the International Space Station and will include the SPACEHAB. The 10-day mission is targeted for launch on May 24, 1999, at Launch Pad 39B

JSC2005-E-18896 (12 May 2005) --- Astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA Space Station science officer; and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (obscured), Station flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, are submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at Johnson Space Center (JSC). McArthur and Tokarev are wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit. SCUBA-equipped divers are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

STS096-380-019 (27 May - 6 June 1999) --- The seven crew members for the STS-96 mission pose for the traditional inflight crew portrait in the hatch way of the U.S.-built Unity node for the International Space Station (ISS). From to left to right, bottom, are astronauts Daniel T. Barry, Julie Payette and Ellen Ochoa. On top are cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, along with astronauts Tamara E. Jernigan and Kent V. Rominger. Astronaut Rick D. Husband is between Rominger and Ochoa. Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Tokarev is with the Russian Space Agency (RSA).

S96-E-5173 (2 June 1999) --- A pre-set electronic still camera (ESC) recorded this image of the STS-96 crewmembers playing cards on a break aboard the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Daniel T. Barry, Tamara E. Jernigan, Rick D. Husband, Ellen Ochoa, Julie Payette and Kent V. Rominger. Tokarev represents the Russian Space Agency (RSA) and Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The photograph was taken at 11:13:59 GMT, June 2, 1999.

ISS012-E-16898 (3 Feb. 2006) --- Attired in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, participates in the second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) performed by the Expedition 12 crew during their six-month mission. During the five-hour, 43-minute spacewalk, Tokarev and astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur (out of frame), commander and NASA space station science officer, released SuitSat, conducted preventative maintenance to a cable-cutting device, retrieved experiments and photographed the station's exterior.

JSC2006-E-16029 (9 April 2006) --- A Russian search and rescue helicopter flies over Arkalyk airport, Kazakhstan. Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer and Soyuz commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Brazilian astronaut Marco C. Pontes brought their Soyuz TMA-7 capsule to a pre-dawn landing on April 9, 2006 (Kazakhstan time). McArthur and Tokarev completed six months in space on the station, while Pontes spent 10 days in orbit. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

JSC2005-E-40271 (1 Oct. 2005) --- A Soyuz rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan with astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander; cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer and Soyuz commander; and U.S. spaceflight participant Gregory Olsen aboard. The trio is on a mission to the International Space Station lasting six months for McArthur and Tokarev. Olsen will return with the current station crew, Expedition 11, after ten days in space under a commercial contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-96 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa gets a hands-on look at equipment at the SPACEHAB Facility. Members of the STS-96 crew are taking part in a bench review at SPACEHAB as part of familiarization activities for their upcoming mission. The crew also includes Commander Kent V. Rominger, Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Tamara E. Jernigan, Daniel Barry, Julie Payette and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev. Payette is with the Canadian Space Agency and Tokarev with the Russian Space Agency. Mission STS-96 is the second flight in construction of the International Space Station and will include the SPACEHAB. The 10-day mission is targeted for launch on May 24, 1999, at Launch Pad 39B

Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur rest onboard a Russian helicopter that will take him from the landing site to Kustanay, Kazakhstan. Expedition 12 returned to Earth and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan onboard a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft that touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev was Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS012-E-05983 (23 Oct. 2005) --- Astronaut William S. McArthur Jr. (right), Expedition 12 commander and NASA science officer, dons his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest Airlock of the international space station. Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, assisted McArthur. When the Expedition 12 crew performs its first scheduled day of spacewalking on Nov. 7, it will be attired in the NASA EMU.

Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur signs the interior of the Russian helicopter that will take him from the landing site to Kustanay, Kazakhstan. Expedition 12 returned to Earth and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan onboard a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft that touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev was Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS012-E-17019 (4 Feb. 2006) --- Attired in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, waves at the camera from inside the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station following the completion of the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA).

ISS012-E-18233 (14 Feb. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur (right), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, work with the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) during in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS012-E-24219 (8 April 2006) --- Backdropped by a blanket of clouds, the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station carrying astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer; and Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes. Undocking occurred at 2:48 p.m. (CDT) on April 8.

William S. McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 Commander and Space Station Science Officer, waves to some of the crowd on hand in the steppes of Kazakhstan to greet the three crewmembers returning to Earth from the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with McArthur, Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2005-E-36549 (26 August 2005) --- Attired in Russian Sokol suits, cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer and Soyuz commander, and astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA Space Station science officer, pause from a busy training schedule in Star City, Russia to pose for a crew portrait.

ISS012-E-19194 (5 March 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur (left), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, pose with a U.S. Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit (left) and Russian Orlan spacesuit in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS012-E-08727 (16 November 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr. (left), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, work at the Simvol-Ts / TORU workstation in the Zvezda Service Module of the international space station during onboard training for relocation of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft.

ISS012-E-21351 (29 Mar. 2006) --- The shadow of the moon falls on Earth as seen from the International Space Station, 230 miles above the planet, during a total solar eclipse at about 4:50 a.m. CST, Wednesday, March 29. This digital photo was taken by the Expedition 12 crew, Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev, who are wrapping up a six-month mission on the complex. Part of the Mediterranean Sea can be seen outside the shadow.

ISS012-S-002 (8 June 2005) --- Astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr. (left), Expedition 12 commander and NASA Space Station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, pause from their training schedule to pose for their official crew portrait at Johnson Space Center (JSC). The two are scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station in early fall of this year in a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft.

The Russian Sokol Suits are carried from the medical tent after the landing of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev was Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on Sunday, April 1, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS012-E-17036 (23 Jan. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur (foreground), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, watch the contents of a compact disk at a work station in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. The compact disk was in the Radioskaf (SuitSat) package delivered to the station by a Progress spacecraft.

Astronaut William S. McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and space station science officer, smiles as he experiences terra firma for the first time in six months following the touchdown of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 9, 2006. Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Russias Federal Space Agency flight engineer and Soyuz commander joined McArthur for the return trip from the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS012-E-24211 (8 April 2006) --- Backdropped by a blanket of clouds, the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station carrying astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer; and Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes. Undocking occurred at 2:48 p.m. (CDT) on April 8.

ISS012-E-19203 (5 March 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur (left), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, pose with a U.S. Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit (left) and Russian Orlan spacesuit in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS012-E-21343 (29 Mar. 2006) --- The shadow of the moon falls on Earth as seen from the International Space Station, 230 miles above the planet, during a total solar eclipse at about 4:50 a.m. CST Wednesday, March 29. This digital photo was taken by the Expedition 12 crew, Commander William McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev, who are wrapping up a six-month mission on the complex. Visible near the shadow are portions of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea and the coast of Turkey.

ISS012-E-24266 (8 April 2006) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (left), Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes; and astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, pose for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station prior to their departure in a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft.

Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur is being helped down from the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft after it landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with him was Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and Brazil's first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the space station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS012-E-24218 (8 April 2006) --- Backdropped by a blanket of clouds, the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station carrying astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer; and Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes. Undocking occurred at 2:48 p.m. (CDT) on April 8.

ISS012-E-17025 (23 Jan. 2006) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (left), Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, commander and NASA space station science officer, unpack the Radioskaf (SuitSat) package sent up on a Progress spacecraft. It contained instructions and a compact disk that included items such as artwork and photos from different schools.

ISS012-E-24236 (8 April 2006) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station carrying astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer; and Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes. Undocking occurred at 2:48 p.m. (CDT) on April 8.

ISS012-E-24238 (8 April 2006) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station carrying astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer; and Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes. Undocking occurred at 2:48 p.m. (CDT) on April 8.

Workers prepare to open the hatch of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft moments after its touchdown in the steppes of Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 9, 2006. Inside were Commander and International Space Station Science Officer, William S. McArthur Jr.; Russia’s Federal Space Agency Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander, Valery I. Tokarev and Brazil’s first astronaut in space, Marcos C. Pontes representing the Brazilian Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS012-E-18234 (14 Feb. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr. (right), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, work with the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

Brazil’s first astronaut in space, Marcos C. Pontes smiles as he exchanges greetings with some of the crowd on hand in the steppes of Kazakhstan to meet him and the two Expedition 12 crewmembers returning to Earth from the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft, Sunday April 9, 2006. Pontes spent a little over a week onboard the orbital outpost. Returning with Pontes were Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS012-E-06025 (21 October 2005) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, holds a Hand Control Module (HCM) while looking at laptop computer graphics during a Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) training session in the Unity node of the international space station.

JSC2005-E-36547 (26 Aug. 2005) --- Attired in Russian Sokol suits, the Soyuz TMA-7 crew pauses from a busy training schedule in Star City, Russia to pose for a crew portrait. From the left are Greg Olsen, Soyuz Spaceflight Participant; cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer and Soyuz commander, and astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA Space Station science officer.

JSC2002-01549 (8 August 2002) --- Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Director Jefferson Davis Howell, Jr. (left), the STS-116 and Expedition Eight crewmembers exchange greetings during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at JSC. Front to back are cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., both Expedition Eight flight engineers; astronauts C. Michael Foale, Expedition Eight mission commander; Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists; and William A. Oefelein (out of view), STS-116 pilot. Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt, STS-116 mission commander, is standing at far left. Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency (ESA) and Tokarev represents Rosaviakosmos.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger (left) and Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa (right) look over equipment with Chris Jaskoika (center), of Boeing SPACEHAB. Members of the STS-96 crew are taking part in a bench review at SPACEHAB as part of familiarization activities for their upcoming mission. The crew also includes Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Tamara E. Jernigan, Daniel Barry, Julie Payette, and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev. Payette is with the Canadian Space Agency and Tokarev with the Russian Space Agency. Mission STS-96 is the second flight in construction of the International Space Station and will include the SPACEHAB. The 10-day mission is targeted for launch on May 24, 1999, at Launch Pad 39B

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- (From left) STS-96 Mission Specialists Julie Payette and Ellen Ochoa, and Commander Kent V. Rominger check out equipment inside the SPACEHAB module. At right is Chris Jaskoika with Boeing SPACEHAB. Members of the STS-96 crew are taking part in a bench review at SPACEHAB as part of familiarization activities for their upcoming mission. The crew also includes Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Tamara E. Jernigan, Daniel Barry, and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev. Payette is with the Canadian Space Agency and Tokarev with the Russian Space Agency. Mission STS-96 is the second flight in construction of the International Space Station and will include the SPACEHAB. The 10-day mission is targeted for launch on May 24, 1999, at Launch Pad 39B

The STS-96 crew take a photo break during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities at Launch Pad 39B. From left, they are Mission Specialists Valery Ivanovich Tokarev, Daniel Barry (M.D., Ph.D.), Julie Payette, Ellen Ochoa (Ph.D.), Commander Kent V. Rominger, Mission Specialist Tamara E. Jernigan (Ph.D.) and Pilot Rick Douglas Husband. Payette is with the Canadian Space Agency and Tokarev with the Russian Space Agency. The TCDT provides simulated countdown exercises, emergency egress training and opportunities to inspect the mission payloads in the orbiter's payload bay. STS-96, which is scheduled for liftoff on May 20 at 9:32 a.m., is a logistics and resupply mission for the International Space Station, carrying such payloads as a Russian crane, the Strela; a U.S.-built crane; the Spacehab Oceaneering Space System Box (SHOSS), a logistics items carrier; and STARSHINE, a student-led experiment

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the SPACEHAB module, (left to right) STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger and Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa and Julie Payette (far right) review equipment use with Chris Jaskoika (second from right), of Boeing SPACEHAB. Members of the STS-96 crew are taking part in a bench review at SPACEHAB as part of familiarization activities for their upcoming mission. The crew also includes Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Tamara E. Jernigan, Daniel Barry, and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev. Payette is with the Canadian Space Agency and Tokarev with the Russian Space Agency. Mission STS-96 is the second flight in construction of the International Space Station and will include the SPACEHAB. The 10-day mission is targeted for launch on May 24, 1999, at Launch Pad 39B

ISS012-E-15655 (24 Jan. 2006) --- In the Unity node of the International Space Station, cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, puts finishing touches on an old Russian Orlan spacesuit that will be released by hand from the space station during a spacewalk Feb. 3, 2006. Outfitted with a special radio transmitter and other gear, the spacesuit comprises a Russian experiment called SuitSat. It will fly free from the station as a satellite in orbit for several weeks of scientific research and radio tracking, including communications by amateur radio operators. Eventually, it will enter the atmosphere and be destroyed.

Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov foreground left, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, background left, go for an early morning jog on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 12 Commander and International Space Station Science Officer, Bill McArthur waits onboard a helicopter before transferring to an airplane and a flight back to Moscow from Kustanay, Kazakhstan. Expedition 12 returned to Earth and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Commander Bill McArthur were Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS012-E-22744 (23 Dec. 2005) --- Cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, opens the Progress transfer hatch on the International Space Station. Progress 20 docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 1:46 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 23 as the station flew approximately 220 statute miles above the Atlantic off the east coast of South America. Progress delivered 2.8 tons of supplies, gifts, food, water, fuel and equipment to the crew members onboard the station.

ISS011-E-14107 (3 Oct. 2005) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon, the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft approaches the international space station. Onboard the spacecraft are astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA science officer; cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer and Soyuz commander; and U. S. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen. The Soyuz linked up to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 12:27 a.m. (CDT) on Oct. 3, 2005 as the two spacecraft flew over eastern Asia. The docking followed Friday’s launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The STS-96 crew paused for an International Space Station (ISS) onboard group photo. Pictured on the bottom row (left to right) are Mission Specialists Daniel Barry, Julie Payette, and Ellen Ochoa. Pictured on the top row (left to right) are Cosmonaut Valery Ivanovich Tokarev, and Tamara Jernigan, Mission Specialists; Kent Rominger, Commander; and Rick Husband, Pilot. STS-96 was the second ISS assembly flight and the first flight to dock with the station. The 10 day mission crew launched aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery on May 27, 1999.

ISS011-E-14191 (8 October 2005) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory following the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 11 to Expedition 12. From the left (front row) are Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander; and astronaut William S. McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA science officer. From the left (back row) are astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer; U.S. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen; and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer.

ISS011-E-14094 (3 October 2005) --- Backdropped by a blanket of clouds, the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft approaches the international space station. Onboard the spacecraft are astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA science officer; cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer and Soyuz commander; and U. S. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen. The Soyuz linked up to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 12:27 a.m. (CDT) on Oct. 3, 2005 as the two spacecraft flew over eastern Asia. The docking followed Friday’s launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

ISS012-E-15652 (24 Jan. 2006) --- In the Unity node of the International Space Station, cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, puts finishing touches on an old Russian Orlan spacesuit that will be released by hand from the space station during a spacewalk Feb. 3, 2006. Outfitted with a special radio transmitter and other gear, the spacesuit comprises a Russian experiment called SuitSat. It will fly free from the station as a satellite in orbit for several weeks of scientific research and radio tracking, including communications by amateur radio operators. Eventually, it will enter the atmosphere and be destroyed.

ISS012-E-17057 (24 Jan. 2006) --- In the Unity node of the International Space Station, cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, puts finishing touches on an old Russian Orlan spacesuit that will be released by hand from the space station during a spacewalk Feb. 3, 2006. Outfitted with a special radio transmitter and other gear, the spacesuit comprises a Russian experiment called SuitSat. It will fly free from the station as a satellite in orbit for several weeks of scientific research and radio tracking, including communications by amateur radio operators. Eventually, it will enter the atmosphere and be destroyed.