nhq2017070600102 (July 6, 2017) --- Expedition 52 backup crew members: Mark Vande Hei of NASA, suited left, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, center, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) meet with, Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, left, Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Deputy Director, GCTC, Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, and John McBrine, NASA Director of Operations, GCTC ahead of the crew's Soyuz qualification exams, Thursday, July 6, 2017 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
nhq201707070004 (July 7, 2017) --- Expedition 52 flight engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA, left, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, center, and Randy Bresnik of NASA meet with, Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, left, Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Deputy Director, GCTC, Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, John McBrine, NASA Director of Operations, GCTC and Mark Bowman, NASA Soyuz Technical Lead ahead of the crew's final Soyuz qualification exam, Friday, July 7, 2017 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS004-E-10822 (30 April 2002) --- Cosmonauts Yury I. Onufrienko (left), Expedition Four mission commander, Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz Taxi Commander, and astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, are photographed in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Gidzenko, who is making his third flight into space, is the first former resident of the ISS to return to the complex, having been a member of the Expedition One crew, the first crew to live aboard the station. Onufrienko and Gidzenko represent Rosaviakosmos.
JSC2000-05364 (7 June 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander for the Expedition One crew, checks his thermal undergarment prior to donning an Orlan space suit. Gidzenko was about to participate in an underwater spacewalk simulation in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.
JSC2000-05366 (7 June 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander for the Expedition One crew, wearing thermal undergarment, is about to don an Orlan space suit. Gidzenko was preparing to participate in an underwater simulation in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Gidzenko was joined by astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander, in the underwater session.
JSC2000-E-27078 (16 October 2000) --- Expedition One crew members in Moscow. From left, flight engineer Sergei Krikalev, expedition coammander William (Bill) Shepherd and Soyuz pilot Yuri Gidzenko.
JSC2000-05379 (7 June 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander for Expedition One, is partially submerged in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center during a spacewalk rehearsal.
JSC2000-E-27075 (16 October 2000) --- Expedition One crew members in Moscow. From left, flight engineer Sergei Krikalev, expedition commander William (Bill) Shepherd and Soyuz pilot Yuri Gidzenko.
ISS01-E-5187 (January 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Expedition One Soyuz commander, floats through the Zvezda Service Module with a ventilator fan during maintenance work.
ISS004-E-11121 (2 May 2002) --- The Expedition Four and Soyuz 4 Taxi crews pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz 4 Taxi crew (front row), from the left, are flight engineer Roberto Vittori, commander Yuri Gidzenko, and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth. The Expedition Four crew (back row), from the left, are astronaut Carl E. Walz, flight engineer; cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, mission commander; and astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, flight engineer. Onufrienko and Gidzenko represent Rosaviakosmos and Vittori represents the European Space Agency (ESA).
ISS004-E-11118 (2 May 2002) --- The Expedition Four and Soyuz 4 Taxi crews pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz 4 Taxi crew (front row), from the left, are flight engineer Roberto Vittori, commander Yuri Gidzenko, and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth. The Expedition Four crew (back row), from the left, are astronaut Carl E. Walz, flight engineer; cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, mission commander; and astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, flight engineer. Onufrienko and Gidzenko represent Rosaviakosmos and Vittori represents the European Space Agency (ESA).
STS102-E-5102 (10 March 2001) --- Left to right, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, astronaut James S. Voss and cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko visit on the International Space Station soon after hatches were open between the Discovery and the station. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander on the Expedition One crew, will be returning with the STS-102 crew aboard Discovery after having been onboard the orbiting outpost since early November of 2000. Usachev, Expedition Two commander, along with astronauts Voss and Susan J. Helms are taking over the station for a lengthy stay. The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.
SSTS102-E-5110 (10 March 2001) --- Left to right, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, astronaut James S. Voss and cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko visit on the International Space Station soon after hatches were open between the Discovery and the station. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander on the Expedition One crew, will be returning with the STS-102 crew aboard Discovery after having been onboard the orbiting outpost since early November of 2000. Usachev, Expedition Two commander, along with astronauts Voss and Susan J. Helms are taking over the station for a lengthy stay. The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.
ISS01-E-5340 (12 February 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Expedition One's Soyuz commander, prepares to take pictures through the porthole in the Destiny laboratory. Gidzenko's photos will document parts of the second STS-98 space walk in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The legs of one of the space walkers can be seen through the window. Representing the Russian Aviation and Space Agency along with another cosmonaut, Gidzenko is part of a three man crew that intiated full-time habitation of the outpost in early November of 2000. This scene was recorded with a digital still camera.
In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-100 crew members cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev (left) and Yuri Gidzenko (third from left) plus astronaut Bill Shepherd look over the Z-1 truss along with Dave Moore, Vehicle Integration Test Team (second from left). The Z-1 truss will be used in conjunction with the International Space Station. Krikalev, Gidzenko and Shepherd are scheduled to be launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan in July 1999. Mission STS-100 will be bringing them down
JSC2000-E-27076 (16 October 2000) --- Expedition One prime and backup crew members in Moscow. From left, cosmonaut Mikhail Turin, astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov, astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd and cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri P. Gidzenko. Shepherd is Expedition One prime crew commander; Gidzenko, prime crew Soyuz commander; and Krikalev, the prime crew's flight engineer. Bowersox, Turin and Dezhurov are backups.
JSC2000-04076 (12 May 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Expedition One Soyuz commander, lies on a couch on the mid deck of a Johnson Space Center trainer during a rehearsal of shuttle descent. Gidzenko and his Expedition One crewmates will return from their stay aboard ISS in the Space Shuttle Discovery around mid February 2001.
ISS004-E-10833 (May 2002) --- Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz Taxi Commander representing Rosaviakosmos, works in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Gidzenko, who is making his third flight into space, is the first former resident of the ISS to return to the complex, having been a member of the Expedition One crew, the first crew to live aboard the station.
STS102-E-5138 (12 March 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, now a member of the STS-102 crew, on Discovery's flight deck. Lake Nasser, in Egypt, can be seen through the overhead flight deck window in the background. Gidzenko, representing Rosaviakosmos, had been onboard the International Space Station (ISS) since early November 2000. The photograph was taken with a digital still camera.
STS102-343-008 (8 - 21 March 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko is dwarfed by transient hardware aboard Leonardo, the Italian Space Agency-built Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM). Gidzenko has been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since early November of 2000, but he will be returning to Earth with the STS-102 astronauts and the MPLM in a few days.
STS102-E-5152 (13 March 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, now a member of the STS-102 crew, on Discovery's mid deck with extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suits. Gidzenko, representing Rosaviakosmos, had been onboard the International Space Station (ISS) since early November 2000. The photograph was taken with a digital still camera.
JSC2000-E-27091 (20 October 2000) --- Taking a break from training for their upcoming mission are, from the left, William M. Shepherd, Expedition 1 commander; Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer.
JSC2000-E-27084 (20 October 2000) --- Expedition 1 Soyuz commander Yuri P. Gidzenko, wearing a Sokol suit, gets help with his suit before entering the Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur. Out of frame are Expedition 1 commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd and flight engineer Sergei K. Krikalev.
JSC2000-E-27088 (20 October 2000) --- Expedition 1 commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd, wearing a Sokol suit, secures his helmet during a suit-up "dry run" at Baikonur. Out of frame are Soyuz commander Yuri P. Gidzenko and flight engineer Sergei K. Krikalev.
STS102-E-5116 (10 March 2001) --- On the mid deck, Discovery commander James D. Wetherbee (left) welcomes Soyuz pilot and Expedition One crew member Yuri P. Gidzenko to Discovery's crew. The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.
JSC2000-E-18634 (June 2000) --- Astronaut William Shepherd (right) mission commander for ISS Expedition One,and Sergei Krikalev, flight engineer, participate in a training session in a trainer/mockup of the Zvezda Service Module at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander, is out of frame at right.
ISS01-E-5083 (December 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Expedition One Soyuz commander, takes a still photo of a geographic target of opportunity, through one of the viewing ports onboard the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module.
ISS01-E-5158 (December 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Expedition One Soyuz commander, looks over an ISS document on a clipboard in the Zarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB). The image was taken with a digital still camera and down linked from the station to ground controllers in Houston.
ISS01-E-5155 (December 2000) --- Cosmonauts Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition One flight engineer, and Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander, input data into a laptop computer in the Zvezda Service Module aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS).
ISS-01-E-5324 (10 February 2001) --- Cosmonauts Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition One flight engineer, and Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander, are pictured at the hatch that leads from the Unity node into the newly attached Destiny laboratory. The picture was recorded with a digital still camera on the day the hatch was initially opened.
JSC2000-E-27087 (20 October 2000) --- Expedition 1 commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd, wearing a Sokol suit, gets help with his glove before entering the Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur. Out of frame are Soyuz pilot Yuri P. Gidzenko and flight engineer Sergei K. Krikalev.
ISS01-E-5153 (December 2000) --- Astronaut William M. Shepherd, Expedition One commander, and cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander, contemplate work they're doing on the food warmer for the Ward Room table aboard the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module.
ISS01-E-5325 (10 February 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Expedition One Soyuz commander, stands near the hatch leading from the Unity node into the newly attached Destiny laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The picture was recorded with a digital still camera on the day the hatch was initially opened.
JSC2000-E-27081 (20 October 2000) --- Expedition One commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd gets help with his Sokol suit prior to a simulation at Baikonur. Also donning suits are Soyuz pilot Yuri P. Gidzenko (seated at center) and flight engineer Sergei K. Krikalev.
ISS01-S-006 (31 October 2000) --- A Soyuz spacecraft lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:53 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Onboard were Expedition One commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Soyuz commander Yuri P. Gidzenko and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer.
JSC2000-E-27079 (20 October 2000) --- From left, Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mikhail Turin, Kenneth D. Bowersox, Yuri P. Gidzenko, Sergei K. Krikalev and William M. (Bill) Shepherd, the backup and prime crew members for Expedition One, during conference prior to simulation at Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan.
ISS01-E-5085 (December 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander for Expedition One, communicates with ground controllers from onboard the Zvezda Service Module, one of the components of the Earth-orbiting Internation Space Station (ISS).
Photographic documentation showing the first crew of the ISS posing together in bldg. 9N during descent training, wearing orange Launch & Entry Suits (LES) and clasping right hands in a sign of unity. From left to right: Sergei Krikalev, William Shepherd and Yuri Gidzenko.
JSC2000-E-27086 (20 October 2000) --- Expedition 1 commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd, wearing a Sokol suit, awaits a seat check for the Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur. Out of frame are Soyuz pilot Yuri P. Gidzenko and flight engineer Sergei K. Krikalev.
JSC2000-E-27083 (20 October 2000) --- Expedition 1 commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd gets help with his Sokol suit prior to a simulation at Baikonur. Out of frame are Soyuz pilot Yuri P. Gidzenko and flight engineer Sergei K. Krikalev.
ISS01-E-5166 (December 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander for Expedition One, performs some electrician's work just outside the waste management compartment in the Zvezda Service Module of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS).
S98-E-5052 (9 February 2001) --- Cosmonauts Yuri P. Gidzenko, Expedition One's Soyuz commander; and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer, look on as five visitors (out of frame) ingress the International Space Station (ISS) from the recently-docked Space Shuttle Atlantis. This scene was recorded with a digital still camera.
JSC2000-E-27080 (20 October 2000) --- In background, from left, Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mikhail Turin, Kenneth D. Bowersox, Yuri P. Gidzenko, Sergei K. Krikalev and William M. (Bill) Shepherd, the backup and prime crew members for Expedition One, during conference prior to simulation at Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan.
ISS-01-E-5070 (December 2000) --- Astronaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Expedition One Soyuz commander, works with computers in the Zvezda or Service Module aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS). The picture was taken with a digital still camera.
STS102-319-010 (8 - 21 March 2001) --- Astronaut Andrew S.W. Thomas, STS-102 mission specialist, floats near the hatchway for the Destiny laboratory. Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, a member of the Expedition One crew, can be seen in the background.
JSC2000-E-27082 (20 October 2000) --- Expedition 1 commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd gets help with his Sokol suit prior to a simulation at Baikonur. Out of frame are Soyuz pilot Yuri P. Gidzenko and flight engineer Sergei K. Krikalev.
In the Space Station Processing Facility, Cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev (left), Vladimir Dezhurov (second from left), and Yuri Gidzenko (right) look over equipment for the International Space Station (ISS). All three are scheduled to take part in missions to construct the ISS in 1999 and later
JSC2000-E-27077 (16 October 2000) --- Expedition One crew members in Moscow's Red Square. From left, Soyuz pilot Yuri Gidzenko, flight engineer Sergei Krikalev, and expedition commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd. While in Moscow, the trio also visited the grave of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968). Paying respects to the first man in space is customary in Russia prior to a spaceflight.
STS102-340-014 (8-21 March 2001) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer (left), and cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two commander, are photographed in the Unity node holding cameras. Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Expedition Two commander, joins them as he floats through the tunnel from the Russian-built Zarya control module. All three are associated with Rosaviakosmos.
JSC2000-04070 (12 May 2000) --- Two cosmonauts assigned to ISS Expedition One participate in shuttle descent and egress training on the mid deck of the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) at the Johnson Space Center's systems integration facility. Pictured in the burnt-orange pressure suits are Yuri Gidzenko (center), Soyuz commander; and Sergei Krikalev, flight engineer. At left is astronaut Andrew S.W. Thomas who assisted the crew members in this training session. Gidzenko, Krikalev and astronaut William Shepherd (not in picture), mission commander, were training for descent procedures, both routine and contigency measures, in the session. Their stay aboard ISS will conclude when they return to Earth aboard a shuttle.
STS098-323-015 (7-20 February 2001) --- Astronauts and cosmonauts from the Expedition One and STS-98 crews are photographed in the newly-attached Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are Marsha S. Ivins, mission specialist; Kenneth D. Cockrell, mission commander; Yuri P. Gidzenko, Expedition One Soyuz commander; William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition One mission commander; Thomas D. Jones, mission specialist; and Mark L. Polansky, pilot. Out of view are Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, and Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer. Gidzenko and Krikalev represent Rosaviakosmos.
ISS004-E-10633 (27 April 2002) --- Soyuz Taxi Commander Yuri Gidzenko, representing Rosaviakosmos, enters the functional cargo block’s (FGB) pressurized adapter on the International Space Station (ISS). Gidzenko, who is making his third flight into space, is the first former resident of the ISS to return to the complex, having been a member of the Expedition One crew, the first crew to live aboard the station. The “taxi” crew arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia.
ISS004-E-10631 (27 April 2002) --- The Soyuz Taxi crewmembers pose for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are Commander Yuri Gidzenko, who was a member of the first resident crew of the ISS; Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency (ESA); and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth. The “taxi” crew arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia. Gidzenko represents Rosaviakosmos.
STS102-E-5223 (16 March 2001) --- Cameras are plentiful in this digital still camera's image of astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are cosmonauts Sergei K. Krikalev and Yuri P. Gidzenko of Rosaviakosmos; along with astronauts William M. (Bill) Shepherd, James S. Voss, Susan J. Helms (background) and James. M. Kelly. Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev have been aboard the orbital outpost since early November 2000 and are just days away from return to Earth. Helms and Voss are about to begin a lengthy stay aboard the station as flight engineers. Kelly is pilot for the STS-102 crew.
Cosmonaut Yury Usachev arrives at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Usachev s flying on mission STS-102, launching March 8, as part of the Expedition Two crew going to the International Space Station. The other members of the Expedition Two crew are James Voss and Susan Helms. They are at KSC to inspect the air lock that will be carried to the Station during their tenure in space. STS-102 will be Helms’ and Voss’s fifth Shuttle flight, and Usachev’s second. They will be replacing the Expedition One crew (Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev), who will return to Earth March 20 on Discovery along with the STS-102 crew
Inside the air lock in the Space Station Processing Facility, a technician points to part of the equipment. Watching her are (left to right) cosmonaut Yury Usachev (back to camera), astronaut Susan Helms (seated), astronauts James Voss and John Young, who flew on mission STS-1. Voss, Helms and Usachev will be flying on mission STS-102, launching March 8, to the International Space Station. The air lock will be carried to the Station during their tenure in space. STS-102 will be Helms’ and Voss’s fifth Shuttle flight, and Usachev’s second. They will be replacing the Expedition One crew (Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev), who will return to Earth March 20 on Discovery along with the STS-102 crew
Inside the air lock in the Space Station Processing Facility, the Expedition Two crew look at equipment. Seen from left are cosmonaut Yury Usachev and astronauts Susan Helms and James Voss. At far right is astronaut John Young, who flew on mission STS-1. Usachev, Helms and Voss will be flying on mission STS-102, launching March 8. The air lock will be carried to the Station during their tenure in space. STS-102 will be Helms’ and Voss’s fifth Shuttle flight, and Usachev’s second. They will be replacing the Expedition One crew (Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev), who will return to Earth March 20 on Discovery along with the STS-102 crew
Inside the air lock in the Space Station Processing Facility, the Expedition Two crew look at equipment. Seen from left are cosmonaut Yury Usachev, a technician, and astronauts Susan Helms and James Voss. At far right is astronaut John Young, who flew on mission STS-1. Usachev, Helms and Voss will be flying on mission STS-102, launching March 8. The air lock will be carried to the Station during their tenure in space. STS-102 will be Helms’ and Voss’s fifth Shuttle flight, and Usachev’s second. They will be replacing the Expedition One crew (Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev), who will return to Earth March 20 on Discovery along with the STS-102 crew
STS102-319-028 (8 - 21 March 2001) --- The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts making up the STS-102, Expedition One and Expedition Two crews assemble in the Destiny laboratory for a group portrait. In front are, from the left, cosmonauts Yuri P. Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, astronauts William M. (Bill) Shepherd and Susan J. Helms, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev and astronaut James S. Voss. In the rear are, from the left, astronauts James M. Kelly, Paul W. Richards, James D. Wetherbee and Andrew S.W. Thomas.
Inside the air lock in the Space Station Processing Facility, a technician points out equipment to cosmonaut Yury Usachev (right), who is part of the Expedition Two crew going to the International Space Station. Usachev and other crew members astronauts Susan Helms and James Voss will be flying on mission STS-102, launching March 8. The air lock will be carried to the Station during their tenure in space. STS-102 will be Helms’ and Voss’s fifth Shuttle flight, and Usachev’s second. They will be replacing the Expedition One crew (Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev), who will return to Earth March 20 on Discovery along with the STS-102 crew
Cosmonaut Yury Usachev arrives at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Usachev s flying on mission STS-102, launching March 8, as part of the Expedition Two crew going to the International Space Station. The other members of the Expedition Two crew are James Voss and Susan Helms. They are at KSC to inspect the air lock that will be carried to the Station during their tenure in space. STS-102 will be Helms’ and Voss’s fifth Shuttle flight, and Usachev’s second. They will be replacing the Expedition One crew (Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev), who will return to Earth March 20 on Discovery along with the STS-102 crew
Astronaut Susan Helms arrives at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Helms is flying on mission STS-102, launching March 8, as part of the Expedition Two crew going to the International Space Station. The other members of the Expedition Two crew are James Voss and Yury Usachev. They are at KSC to inspect the air lock that will be carried to the Station during their tenure in space. STS-102 will be Helms’ and Voss’s fifth Shuttle flight, and Usachev’s second. They will be replacing the Expedition One crew (Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev), who will return to Earth March 20 on Discovery along with the STS-102 crew
Astronaut Susan Helms arrives at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Helms is flying on mission STS-102, launching March 8, as part of the Expedition Two crew going to the International Space Station. The other members of the Expedition Two crew are James Voss and Yury Usachev. They are at KSC to inspect the air lock that will be carried to the Station during their tenure in space. STS-102 will be Helms’ and Voss’s fifth Shuttle flight, and Usachev’s second. They will be replacing the Expedition One crew (Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev), who will return to Earth March 20 on Discovery along with the STS-102 crew
JSC2001-E-08325 (22 March 2001) --- Some of the participants of the Expedition One and STS-102 crew return ceremony applaud one of the speakers. Pictured from the left are cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliev, Deputy Director of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City; cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer; astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, mission commander; and Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander.
JSC2000-05371 (7 June 2000) --- Astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander for the Expedition One crew, is about to don an Orlan space suit. Shepherd was preparing to participate in an underwater spacewalk simulation in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Shepherd was joined by cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko (out of frame), Soyuz commander, in the underwater session.
JSC2001-E-08313 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd (center), Expedition One mission commander, is flanked by his two cosmonaut crewmates as they greet a crowd gathered for a crew return ceremony in Ellington Field's Hangar 990. Yuri P. Gidzenko (right foreground) served as Soyuz commander for the first staffing of the International Space Station (ISS) and Sergei K. Krikalev (left) was flight engineer.
JSC2000-04077 (12 May 2000) --- The ISS Expedition One crew rehearses procedures for a shuttle descent in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Lying on portable couches on the mid deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT) are, from the left, astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander; cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, flight engineer.
The International Space Station's Expedition One crew members wave at the camera and onlookers as they prepare to depart KSC from the Shuttle Landing Facility for their return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left to right are Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, William M. Shepherd and Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev. The crew returned to Earth aboard Discovery March 21, concluding mission STS-102
The International Space Station's Expedition One crew members and their families prepare to depart KSC from the Shuttle Landing Facility for their return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Wearing blue flight suits, the crew members from left to right are Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, William M. Shepherd and Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev. The crew returned to Earth aboard Discovery March 21, concluding mission STS-102
JSC2001-E-08314 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd (center), Expedition One mission commander, is flanked by his two cosmonaut crewmates as they greet a crowd gathered for a crew return ceremony in Ellington Field's Hangar 990. Yuri P. Gidzenko (right foreground) served as Soyuz commander for the first staffing of the International Space Station (ISS) and Sergei K. Krikalev (left) was flight engineer.
JSC2000-05368 (7 June 2000) --- Astronaut William Shepherd, ISS Expedition One commander, rehearses an extravehicular activity (EVA) with a full scale training model of the Zvezda Service Module in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. SCUBA-equipped divers assist in the spacewalk rehearsal, which also included cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander, who is out of frame here.
The International Space Station's Expedition One crew members wave at the camera and onlookers as they prepare to depart KSC from the Shuttle Landing Facility for their return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left to right are Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, William M. Shepherd and Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev. The crew returned to Earth aboard Discovery March 21, concluding mission STS-102
JSC2001-E-08317 (22 March 2001) --- Members of the Expedition One crew await opportunities to individually address a crowd gathered at Ellington Field to honor their return to Houston. return. Pictured from the left are cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliev, Deputy Director of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City; cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer; astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, mission commander; and Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; along with Joseph Rothenberg, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight.
STS98-E-5047 (9 February 2001) --- Two Expedition One crew members prepare to greet and photograph their newest visitors aboard the International Space Station (ISS) soon after the STS-98 astronauts opened the hatches and paid a visit to the station. Astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition One commander, is in right foreground; and cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander, is at left. This scene was recorded with a digital still camera.
ISS004-E-10640 (27 April 2002) --- Two Soyuz Taxi crewmembers, Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori (left) of the European Space Agency (ESA) and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth, are photographed in the Pirs docking compartment on the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz Taxi Commander Yuri Gidzenko, representing Rosaviakosmos, is out of frame. The “taxi” crew arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia.
JSC2000-E-18628 (June 2000) --- The three crew members for ISS Expedition One train with computers on the trainer/mockup for the Zvezda Service Module. From the left are cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; and Sergei Krikalev, flight engineer; and astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander. The session took place at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.
JSC2000-E-27090 (20 October 2000) --- One of the final "dry runs" before the real thing found the Expedition 1 crew members still training for their upcoming mission, about a week-and-half prior to the scheduled Oct. 30 launch. They are, from the left, Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition 1 commander; and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer.
The International Space Station's Expedition One crew members and their families prepare to depart KSC from the Shuttle Landing Facility for their return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Wearing blue flight suits, the crew members from left to right are Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, William M. Shepherd and Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev. The crew returned to Earth aboard Discovery March 21, concluding mission STS-102
STS098-314-0017 (7-20 February 2001) --- Cosmonauts Yuri P. Gidzenko (left), Expedition One Soyuz commander; and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer, are pictured in the Zvezda service module while hosting the STS-98 crew on the International Space Station (ISS). The two, who represent the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, along with astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd (out of frame), mission commander, have been on the outpost since early November 2000.
The International Space Station’s Expedition One crew members prepare to depart KSC from the Shuttle Landing Facility for their return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left to right are Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, William M. Shepherd and Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev. The crew returned to Earth aboard Discovery March 21, concluding mission STS-102
ISS01-E-5007 (November 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander for the Expedition One crew, is pictured onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during the first week of occupancy by the three-man crew. The Electronic Still Camera's (ESC) view was among the first few still images downlinked from the station since the three boarded it earlier in the week.
JSC2000-04067 (12 May 2000) --- The ISS Expedition One crew takes a break from training in the systems integration facility at the Johnson Space Center for a crew photo. From the left are cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, flight engineer; astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander; and cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander. The trio is sitting on the hatch for one of the full-scale mockups used to prepare the crew for certain phases and contingencies of their shuttle return flight.
ISS01-E-5009 (November 2000) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (foreground), flight engineer, works with cameras in the service module (Zvezda) on the International Space Station, while astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition One commander, busily goes about chores in the background. The photograph was taken by cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander, using an electronic still camera (ESC). This was one of the first still pictures to be downlinked from the station since the Expedition One crew boarded it earlier in the week.
ISS004-E-10624 (27 April 2002) --- Two Soyuz Taxi crewmembers, South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth (left) and Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency (ESA), are photographed in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz Taxi Commander Yuri Gidzenko, representing Rosaviakosmos, is out of frame. The “taxi” crew arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia.
ISS01-E-5046 (8 December 2000) -- Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander for Expedition One, uses a Russian PAL video camera on the flight deck of Endeavour. The three ISS Expedition One crew members were onboard the Endeavour for a brief visit following ISS hatch-opening and a reunion between the crews of station and shuttle.
The International Space Station’s Expedition One crew members prepare to depart KSC from the Shuttle Landing Facility for their return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left to right are Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, William M. Shepherd and Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev. The crew returned to Earth aboard Discovery March 21, concluding mission STS-102
STS98-E-5056 (9 February 2001) --- Cosmonauts Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition One flight engineer, and Yuri P. Gidzenko (left), Soyuz commander for the first station expedition crew, welcome astronaut Mark L. Polansky, STS-98 pilot, aboard the International Space Station. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera shortly after the hatches were opened on STS-98 Flight Day 3.
ISS01-S-007 (20 October 2000) --- Appearing ready for their rapidly-approaching date with the International Space Station (ISS) are (seated, from the left) astronaut William M. Shepherd, Expedition One commander; with cosmonauts Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer. Behind them are the backup crewmembers (from left)-- astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox with cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov and Mikhail Turin.
JSC2000-05369 (7 June 2000) --- Astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander for the Expedition One crew, is about to don an Orlan space suit. Shepherd was preparing to participate in an underwater simulation in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Shepherd was joined by cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko (out of frame), Soyuz commander, in the underwater session.
ISS004-E-10622 (27 April 2002) --- Soyuz Taxi Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency (ESA) moves through one of the many hatches on the International Space Station (ISS). Vittori and his Soyuz Taxi crewmates, Commander Yuri Gidzenko and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth, arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia.
ISS01-S-005 (31 October 2000) --- The Expedition One crew members pose for final photos prior to their launch aboard a Soyuz vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition One commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd (center crewmember on steps) is flanked by Soyuz commander Yuri P. Gidzenko (bottom) and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer.
ISS004-E-10634 (27 April 2002) --- Soyuz Taxi Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency (ESA) enters the functional cargo block’s (FGB) pressurized adapter on the International Space Station (ISS). Vittori and his Soyuz Taxi crewmates, Commander Yuri Gidzenko and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth, arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia.
JSC2000-E-27085 (20 October 2000) --- Expedition 1 flight engineer Sergei K. Krikalev, wearing a Sokol suit, will soon join his crew mates in entering the Soyuz spacecraft for a "dry run" at Baikonur. Out of frame are Expedition 1 commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd and Soyuz commander Yuri P. Gidzenko.
ISS004-E-10643 (27 April 2002) --- Soyuz Taxi Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency (ESA) uses a communication system in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Vittori and his Soyuz Taxi crewmates, Commander Yuri Gidzenko and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth, arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia.
ISS004-E-10637 (27 April 2002) --- Soyuz Taxi Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency (ESA) moves through the Zvezda Service Module’s transfer compartment on the International Space Station (ISS). Vittori and his Soyuz Taxi crewmates, Commander Yuri Gidzenko and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth, arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia.
ISS004-E-10635 (27 April 2002) --- South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth enters the functional cargo block’s (FGB) pressurized adapter on the International Space Station (ISS). Shuttleworth and his Soyuz Taxi crewmates, Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency (ESA), arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia.
ISS01-324-002 (18 November 2000) --- A Progress supply ship linked up to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) at 3:48 GMT, November 18, bringing Expedition 1 commander William M. Shepherd, pilot Yuri P. Gidzenko and flight engineer Sergei K. Krikalev two tons of food, clothing, hardware and holiday gifts from their families. The photograph was taken with a 35mm camera and the film was later handed over to the STS-97 crew members for return to Earth and subsequent processing.
ISS001-E-5981 (28 December 2000) --- A near-vertical digital still image from the International Space Station (ISS) features Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. A small section of the Mediterranean Sea coastline is at bottom left. One of the Expedition One crew members used an extender on a 400mm lens to provide detail in the image. Onboard the outpost for the first habitation tour were astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, commander; along with cosmonauts Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer.
At Chkalovsky Airbase outside Star City, Russia, Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov is assisted down the stairs of the plane that brought him home from Kazakhstan June 2, 2010 after he and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed in the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft earlier in the day to wrap up 163 days in space. Kotov is flanked by Chief Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko (L) and Alexei Krasnov (R), the head of Piloted Programs for the Russian Federal Space Agency. Credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll
STS098-312-0025 (16 February 2001) --- Backdropped against heavy cloud cover, the International Space Station (ISS) was photographed with a 35mm camera by one of the astronauts onboard Atlantis. The crew of the station, onboard the outpost since early November 2000, is made up of astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, mission commander; Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer. Krikalev and Gidzenko represent the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. On Atlantis were astronauts Kenneth D. Cockrell, mission commander; Mark L. Polansky, pilot; and Marsha S. Ivins, Robert L. Curbeam and Thomas D. Jones, all mission specialists. The shuttle and the station parted company at 8:06 a.m. (CST), Feb. 16, as Polansky flew the shuttle halfway around the outpost and its new Destiny laboratory before moving off.