International Space Station Activities

Astronauts and cosmonauts engaged in various maintenance tasks inside the International Space Station, with a focus on equipment and research.

ISS025-E-010852 (3 Nov. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 25 flight engineer, works on the newly installed Russian experiment KPT-10 "Kulonovskiy Kristall" (Coulomb Crystal), assembling the payload equipment and initiating operation, in a Russian module on the International Space Station.

ISS025-E-010852 (3 Nov. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 25 flight engineer, works on the newly installed Russian experiment KPT-10 "Kulonovskiy Kristall" (Coulomb Crystal), assembling the payload equipment and initiating operation, in a Russian module on the International Space Station.

S125-E-009349 (17 May 2009) --- Astronaut Scott Altman, STS-125 commander, works on the aft flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day seven activities.

ISS009-E-21791 (8 September 2004) --- Cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Expedition 9 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, performs maintenance on a spare version of a part connected to the Russian Elektron oxygen generation system in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS014-E-05747 (16 Oct. 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, works with the remote power control modules (RPCM) in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

S122-E-005063 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Steve Frick, STS-122 commander, looks over procedures checklists on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day one activities.

ISS005-E-21531 (24 November 2002) ---Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition Five science officer, works with an experiment in the Destiny laboratory asher tenure on board the International Space Station (ISS) winds down.

S94-E-5046 (July 1997) --- Astronaut Donald Thomas, mission specialist, sets up an experiment in the glovebox onboard the Spacelab science module. Thomas joins four other NASA astronauts and two payload specialists who are supporting the Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columiba.

ISS012-E-22572 (21 March 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, adds potable water to a soft beverage container at the galley in Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS028-E-034993 (30 Aug. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Muscle Atrophy Research & Exercise System (MARES) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

S116-E-05933 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Nicholas J. M. Patrick, STS-116 mission specialist, works the controls on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day four activities.

ISS024-E-012294 (19 Aug. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 24 flight engineer, works with High Definition Video (HDV) camera equipment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS016-E-022134 (9 Jan. 2008) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses a communication system while working in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-005517 (3 Dec. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, services the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S126-E-008374 (19 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Eric Boe, STS-126 pilot, works with a crew quarters rack in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS011-E-05600 (6 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer, and cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (obscured), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, participate in a proficiency training session with the Canadarm2, or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A technician with United Space Alliance works inside orbiter Discovery before power-up of the vehicle in the Orbiter Processing Facility . Discovery has been undergoing Orbiter Major Modifications in the past year, ranging from wiring, control panels and black boxes to gaseous and fluid systems tubing and components. These systems were deserviced, disassembled, inspected, modified, reassembled, checked out and reserviced, as were most other systems onboard. The work includes the installation of the Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem (MEDS) - a state-of-the-art glass cockpit.”

ISS028-E-031889 (20 Aug. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, works at the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) located in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S133-E-011315 (7 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Steve Lindsey, STS-133 commander, works the controls for the remote manipulator system (RMS) on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day 12 activities.

S114-E-5494 (28 July 2005) --- Astronaut Wendy Lawrence, STS-114 mission specialist, refers to a procedures checklist on Discovery's flight deck. This third day of on-orbit activities is dedicated primarily to rendezvous and docking activities and followup operations.

STS093-321-018 (22-27 July 1999) --- Astronaut Steven A. Hawley, mission specialist, works with the Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System (SWUIS) experiment on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

ISS028-E-008467 (19 June 2011) --- In the Unity node of the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, prepares the Reentry Breakup Recorder (REBR) for installation in the Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2). The ATV-2 is scheduled to undock from the station on June 20, 2011. REBR data improves the understanding of vehicle breakup during reentry, allowing improvements in prediction of the breakup process, increasing the accuracy of estimated casualty expectations, and limiting premature deorbiting of space hardware. In the long term, this research assists in the development of a "black box" for commercial space transportation systems.

ISS014-E-09413 (8 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, conducts a Surface, Water and Air Biocharacterization (SWAB) air sampling in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 01-14-11LOCATION: Bldg 5, Shuttle Fixed Based Trainer & SSTF SUBJECT: STS-133 crew during IS2 Fixed Base Orbit Integrated Sim EVA1 with instructor Joaquin Andujo.

ISS035-E-022906 (18 April 2013) --- In the Harmony node aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy works with the Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE).

S127-E-006848 (18 July 2009) --- Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata (right), Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, and astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-127 pilot, share intravehicular support to the first two spacewalkers who will be performing work on the International Space Station over the next week. When the Endeavour crew returns to Earth, Wakata will accompany it, having completed his current flight engineer duty during the STS-127 visit.

ISS033-E-016602 (24 Oct. 2012) --- In the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, works on the Multipurpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) in preparation for the arrival of the JAXA Medaka Osteoclast (MOST) payload which will arrive on the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft on Oct. 25.

ISS038-E-010916 (2 Dec. 2013) --- At a window in the International Space Stations Zvezda Service Module, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, uses a digital camera photospectral system during a session for the Seiner ocean photography experiment.

ISS021-E-016202 (29 Oct. 2009) --- Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 21 flight engineer, reads a checklist while working in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-007340 (4 June 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, works with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

S124-E-005436 (1 June 2008) --- Astronaut Ken Ham, STS-124 pilot, works the controls on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

S125-E-007031 (13 May 2009) --- Astronaut Mike Massimino, STS-125 mission specialist, looks through an overhead window on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day three activities.

S135-E-008110 (13 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, tapes up a supply bag on the middeck of the space shuttle Atlantis while the spacecraft was docked with the International Space Station. Most of the ten crewmembers were involved in transfer operations. In this scene, a crewmate, whose left foot is visible, works out on the ergometer device at top.

ISS036-E-009550 (19 June 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, installs the Fundamental and Applied Studies of Emulsion Stability (FASES) experiment container into the Central Experiment Module (CEM) Lower of Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

STS110-E-5182 (11 April 2002) --- Astronauts Ellen Ochoa (left), STS-110 mission specialist, and Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, work the controls of the Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Ochoa and Bursch used the robotic arm to lift the S0 (S-Zero) Truss out of Space Shuttle Atlantis payload bay and installed it onto the temporary claw fixture on the Destiny laboratory. The image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS007-E-15334 (23 September 2003) --- Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, works at the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2 workstation in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

S127-E-008250 (23 July 2009) --- Astronauts Mark Polansky (right) STS-127 commander; and Dooug Hurley, pilot, are pictured in the Japaense Experiment Module or Kibo during flight day 9 activities on the International Space Station.

ISS018-E-020068 (14 Jan. 2009) --- Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Expedition 18 flight engineer, works with supplies and equipment stowed in the functional cargo block (FGB) or Zarya of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-195126 (4 April 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works on the Multiplexer / Demultiplexer (MDM) 16C Assembly in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-010633 (28 July 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (foreground), Expedition 32 commander; and Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, monitor data at the manual TORU docking system controls in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during approach and re-docking operations of the unpiloted Progress 47 resupply vehicle on July 28, 2012. The Progress temporarily undocked from the stations Pirs Docking Compartment on July 22 in order to perform a series of engineering tests during re-docking designed to verify an upgraded automated rendezvous system that will facilitate future dockings of Russian vehicles to the space station. The cargo ship re-docked at 9:01 p.m. (EDT) on July 28 in a test of the new Kurs-NA automated rendezvous system.

S124-E-006181 (4 June 2008) --- Astronaut Mike Fossum, STS-124 mission specialist, uses a computer on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

S132-E-007135 (15 May 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Good, STS-132 mission specialist, looks through a window on the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

ISS020-E-041878 (23 Sept. 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with experiment hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) located in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

S135-E-006309 (9 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, and Doug Hurley, pilot, are pictured on the aft flight deck of the space shuttle Atlantis during the mission's second day of activities in Earth orbit.

ISS028-E-050099 (15 Sept. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, moves through a hatch to the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft in preparation for his trip back to Earth along with Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, commander; and Alexander Samokutyaev, flight engineer. The Soyuz later undocked from the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station and landed in a remote area outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 12:01 a.m. EDT (10:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time) on Sept. 16, 2011.

S123-E-005942 (13 March 2008) --- NASA astronauts Gregory H. Johnson, STS-123 pilot; and Robert L. Behnken (foreground), mission specialist, work the controls of the station's robotic Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour is docked with the station.

ISS034-E-051798 (21 Feb. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Expedition 34 flight engineer, configures one of the experiment racks in the U.S. lab called Destiny aboard the International Space Station in Earth orbit. ACE produces microscopic images of materials which contain small colloidal particles, and it examines flow characteristics and the evolution and ordering effects within these colloidal materials in 1-G and micro-G environments.

STS102-E-5064 (10 March 2001) --- Astronaut Andrew S.W. Thomas, STS-102 mission specialist, uses a laser ranging device on aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. This instrument is a regularly called-on tool during rendezvous operations with the International Space Station (ISS). The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS038-E-027307 (11 Jan. 2014) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, uses binoculars at the windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station while watching the approach of the Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo craft.

ISS028-E-035073 (27 Aug. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, trims the hair of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station. Fossum used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.

S119-E-006403 (17 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, uses a handheld laser ranging device -- designed to measure the distance between two spacecraft -- through one of the overhead windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery to track the range of the International Space Station during rendezvous operations.

ISS013-E-14536 (4 May 2006) --- Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, conducts the first run of the Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation (PFMI) in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-026305 (1 July 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, performs in-flight maintenance behind a rack in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

ISS020-E-026729 (31 July 2009) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (foreground), both Expedition 20 flight engineers, work with the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) wire cutting and safing procedures to eliminate shorted heated wires in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S124-E-005416 (1 June 2008) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, STS-124 mission specialist, works on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

S124-E-007690 (7 June 2008) --- Astronaut Mike Fossum, STS-124 mission specialist, looks through the forward window in the new Japanese Experiment Module on the International Space Station.

S119-E-010712 (27 March 2009) --- Astronaut Tony Antonelli, STS-119 pilot, joins a crewmate, mostly out of frame at lower right, as the two work controls on the aft flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery on the spacecraft's final full day in space prior to its scheduled return on March 28.

S124-E-009906 (11 June 2008) --- Astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-124 commander, looks over a checklist on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day 12 activities.

S66-28770 (1 April 1966) --- Astronaut Michael Collins, prime crew pilot of the Gemini-10 spaceflight, undergoes zero-gravity egress training aboard a KC-135 Air Force plane. The plane, flying a parabolic curve, creates a weightless environment as a training exercise in preparation for spaceflight.

ISS014-E-17550 (20 March 2007) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, prepares to insert a test sample in the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) as part of the Nutritional Status Assessment (NUTRITION) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. MELFI is a low temperature freezer facility with nominal operating temperatures of -80, -26 and +4 degrees Celsius that will preserve experiment materials over long periods.

S126-E-007940 (17 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-126 commander, looks over a checklist on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station.

STS114-E-5219 (27 July 2005) --- Astronauts Stephen K. Robinson (left) and Charles J. Camarda, both mission specialists, on Discovery's aft flight deck.

S121-E-05924 (7 July 2006) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, STS-121 commander, looks over a procedures checklist in a hatchway of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked to the station.

ISS024-E-014471 (14 Sept. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, Expedition 24 flight engineer, services the BTKh-28 KASKAD (Cascade) payload in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-088798 (5 Aug. 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, removes hardware for the combustion experiment known as the Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS-II) from the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. The experiment seeks to provide insight on how flames burn in space compared to Earth which may provide fire safety benefits aboard future spacecraft. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, looks on.

ISS032-E-016967 (10 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses a still camera while conducting a session with the Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE) Vane Gap-2 (VG2) in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. CFE observes the flow of fluid, in particular capillary phenomena, in microgravity.

ISS015-E-13670 (25 June 2007) --- Astronaut Clayton Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, works with the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) as part of the Nutritional Status Assessment (NUTRITION) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. MELFI is a low temperature freezer facility with nominal operating temperatures of -80, -26 and +4 degrees Celsius that will preserve experiment materials over long periods. The results of the Nutrition experiment will be used to better understand the time course effects of space flight on human physiology.

ISS007-E-07006 (11 June 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (background), Expedition 7 mission commander, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, work in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.

S124-E-009888 (10 June 2008) --- Astronaut Mike Fossum, STS-124 mission specialist, looks through a window on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS007-E-06175 (21 May 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander, works with the Russian Lada greenhouse in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS032-E-010071 (22 July 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses a still camera at a window in the International Space Stations Zvezda Service Module during undocking activities of the unpiloted Progress 47 resupply spacecraft. The Progress temporarily undocked from the stations Pirs Docking Compartment on July 22, 2012 in order to perform a series of engineering tests during re-docking designed to verify an upgraded automated rendezvous system that will facilitate future dockings of Russian vehicles to the space station. Progress 47 separated from the station to a distance of about 100 miles and held position for 24 hours.

S124-E-005655 (2 June 2008) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, STS-124 mission specialist, uses a handheld laser ranging device on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery to track the range of the International Space Station during rendezvous operations.

S124-E-005968 (3 June 2008) --- Astronaut Karen Nyberg and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, both STS-124 mission specialists, work the controls of the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory to maneuver the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM) to the port side of the Harmony node.

ISS012-E-10245 (5 December 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, performs in-flight maintenance (IFM) on the Volatile Organic Analyzer (VOA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-006569 (2 June 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, performs an Advanced Colloids Experiment (ACE) sample 40-minute mixing activity in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S122-E-007029 (9 Feb. 2008) --- In a case of commander greets commander, astronauts Peggy Whitson of the International Space Station crew, and Steve Frick of the STS-122 Space Shuttle Atlantis crew, greet each other shortly after the two spacecraft docked in space and the hatches were opened on Feb. 9, 2008.

ISS009-E-18507 (14 August 2004) --- Cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Expedition 9 commander representing Russias Federal Space Agency, works at the Simvol-Ts workstation in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS) during the docking operations of the Progress 15 supply vehicle.

ISS006-E-34567 (27 February 2003) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, works on the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

S93-E-5003 (23 July 1999) --- Astronaut Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot, works at the Space Tissue Loss-B experiment on Space Shuttle Columbia's middeck. The experiment is set up to observe cells in culture with a video microscope imaging system to record near-real-time interactions of detecting and inducingcellular responses (macromorphological changes). Just above and to the right of STL-B is the part of the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA) for the National Institute of Health (NIH-B experiment). It is an experiment designed to investigate the effects of space flight on neural development in Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) larvae. This information may help scientists understand how gravity affects nerve growth and development and how neural connections to muscle fibers work. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) on Flight Day 1. Ashby and his four crew mates are scheduled to spend five days aboard Columbia in Earth orbit.

S130-E-006306 (9 Feb. 2010) --- Astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 mission commander, retrieves a drawer of food on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Endeavour during the early hours of flight day two.

ISS034-E-038128 (1 Feb. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Expedition 34 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance in the International Space Stations Destiny laboratory, making some upgrades to automated payload switches (APS) for various racks and experiments.

JSC2010-E-006707 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter (left), STS-131 commander; and Clayton Anderson, mission specialist, participate in an undocking timeline training session in the Guidance and Navigation Simulator in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

S131-E-008538 (10 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-131 mission specialist, works in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S126-E-006862 (15 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Eric Boe, STS-126 pilot, looks over a checklist while working with controls on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day two activities.

ISS012-E-10806 (9 December 2005) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, rotates the Crew Health Care System (CHeCS) rack in order to access the Avionics Air Assembly (AAA) air ducts during in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

STS096-383-021 (27 May - 6 June 1999) -- Astronauts Rick D. Husband and Tamara E. Jernigan adjust the hatch for the U.S.-built Unity node. The task was part of the overall effort by the seven-member STS-96 crew to prepare the existing portion of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS009-E-07951 (20 May 2004) --- Cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Expedition 9 commander representing Russias Federal Space Agency, conducts a test of the Teleoperator Control System (TORU) between the Zvezda Service Module and the docked Progress 13P on the International Space Station (ISS).

STS109-E-5681 (7 March 2002) --- Astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist, remains very near the controls (upper left) for Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (RMS). On a week with one lengthy space walk per day, Currie has had her hands full with RMS duties to support the space walks of four crewmates. A short time later on this day, astronauts James H. Newman andMichael J. Massimino began EVA-4 and the duo required the services of Currie to control the robotic arm to maneuver them around the various work stations on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS014-E-11069 (3 Jan. 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, looks through an opening during the Oxygen Generator System (OGS) rack rotation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S127-E-005111 (15 July 2009) --- Astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-127 pilot, attired in his shuttle launch and entry suit, is pictured at the pilot's station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during postlaunch activities.

ISS017-E-007139 (16 May 2008) --- Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (right) and Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 17 commander and flight engineer, respectively, monitor data at the manual TORU docking system controls in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during the docking of the Progress 29 supply vehicle. The Progress used the automated Kurs system to dock to the station's Zarya nadir port, which occurred at 4:39 p.m. (CDT) on May 16, 2008.

ISS018-E-010654 (7 Dec. 2008) --- Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Expedition 18 flight engineer, works in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

S127-E-006639 (17 July 2009) --- Onboard Endeavour's aft flight deck, astronaut Dave Wolf, STS-127 mission specialist, aims a camera at the International Space Station during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three.

S127-E-007444 (21 July 2009) --- Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Roman Romanenko,Expedition 20 flight engineer, takes still photographs during meal time for most of the 13 astronauts and cosmonauts currently aboard the International Space Station.

ISS026-E-029722 (25 Feb. 2011) --- As part of inverse activities onboard the International Space Station, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight engineer, removes the docking mechanism to gain access to the ATV hatch.

ISS006-E-12694 (16 December 2002) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six mission commander, uses a still camera to photograph the topography of a point on Earth from the nadir window in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS016-E-011253 (14 Nov. 2007) --- Astronaut Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, works the controls of the space station's robotic Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station, during the relocation of the Harmony node and Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA2) from the Unity node to the front of Destiny.

ISS030-E-161167 (21 March 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 30 flight engineer, uses a computer in the transfer compartment of the International Space Stations Zvezda Service Module. Russia's Zarya module is visible in the background.

S134-E-006990 (18 May 2011) --- NASA astronauts Mark Kelly (left), STS-134 commander; and Andrew Feustel, mission specialist, are pictured on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Endeavour during rendezvous and docking operations with the International Space Station on flight day three.

ISS034-E-054688 (24 Feb. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn (at left), Expedition 34 flight engineer, looks into a mirror as Russian cosmonaut Evgeny Tarelkin, flight engineer, gives him a hair trim in the Tranquility node aboard the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-014593 (6 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Expedition 32 flight engineer, conducts a session with the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-6 (BCAT-6) experiment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

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