International Space Station Crew

Portraits of astronauts aboard the International Space Station, featuring group images and individual poses in space suits within the spacecraft environment.

iss059e098799 (June 8, 2019) --- The six-member Expedition 59 crew gathers for a portrait inside the Kibo laboratory module from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. From left are, astronauts David Saint-Jacques and Anne McClain; Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Alexey Ovchinin; and astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague.

ISS035-E-016601 (6 April 2013) --- The six Expedition 35 crew members, having completed a Cosmonautics Day video greeting from space, take some "portraits" in Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo lab aboard the International Space Station. In front, from the left, are Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, the Canadian Space Agency's Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. In the rear are NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy with cosmonaut Roman Romanenko.

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.

ISS040-E-105265 (23 Aug. 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (left), Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev (center) and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, all Expedition 40 flight engineers, pose for a portrait in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-066867 (9 March 2014) --- In the Unity node onboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, three Expediton 38 crew members affix their crew insignia just hours before departing the orbital complex. From left to right, foreground, are cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and astronaut Mike Hopkins of NASA. Looking on in the background are cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Expedition 39 flight engineer, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 39 commander. Out of the frame is NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 39 flight engineer.

Nine crew members gather for a group portrait in the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory following a joint crew news conference. This is the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the station without the presence of a space shuttle. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center),Expedition 37 commander; NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano,both Expedition 37 flight engineers. Pictured on the center row are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center),Expedition 38 commander; Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy (left) and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins,both Expedition 38 flight engineers. Pictured from the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio,Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata,all Expedition 38 flight engineers. The Expedition 37 crew members will undock from the station in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on Nov. 10,en

iss059e098799 (June 8, 2019) --- The six-member Expedition 59 crew gathers for a portrait inside the Kibo laboratory module from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. From left are, astronauts David Saint-Jacques and Anne McClain; Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Alexey Ovchinin; and astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague.

ISS038-E-068951 (10 March 2014) --- In the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station, three members of the Expedition 38 crew give a simultaneous thumbs up signal, which is perhaps a way of saying, "Our work is done here for now and we're ready to return home." From left to right are Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Mike Hopkins of NASA, Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos. Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, representing Roscosmos, prepares to record final activities among the three who are departing and the three (out of frame) who are remaining onboard to finish out their stay on the orbital outpost, as part of the Expedition 39 crew.

iss064e020871 (1/6/2021) --- The seven-member Expedition 64 crew poses for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Module). In the bottom row from left are, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. In the top row are, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker. Glover and Hopkins are wearing white uniforms that commemorate the NASA human spaceflight programs Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Apollo-Soyuz, Space Shuttle, Shuttle-Mir, International Space Station and Commercial Crew.

ISS031-E-134786 (19 June 2012) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (center), Expedition 31 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (left) and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, both flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-005073 (11 Oct. 2009) --- Five of the six crew members on the International Space Station pose for a photo in the Harmony node. Pictured on the front row are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (left), Expedition 21 commander; and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, flight engineer. Pictured from the left (back row) are Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, all flight engineers.

ISS036-E-048237 (9 Sept. 2013) --- Expedition 35/36 and Expedition 36/37 crew members pose for a group portrait in the International Space Stations Destiny laboratory following the ceremony of changing-of-command from Expedition 36 to Expedition 37. Pictured on the front row (from the left) are NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer; Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, Expedition 36 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 37 commander. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer; European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 37 flight engineers.

ISS032-E-018118 (13 Aug. 2012) --- Expedition 32 crew members pose for a photo in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), commander; along with cosmonaut Sergei Revin (left) and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, both flight engineers. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, all flight engineers.

Expedition 49 prime crew members, seated in their Sokol suits, Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, right, and backup crew members, standing, Mark Vande Hei of NASA, left, Alexander Misurkin, center, and Nikolai Tikhonov of Roscosmos, left, pose for a picture as they prepare to conduct their first check dress rehearsal activities, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borsenko will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19.

ISS015-E-35320 (19 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, places the Expedition 16 patch above a hatch in the Destiny laboratory, which adds to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have lived and worked on the International Space Station. Also pictured are cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left background), Oleg V. Kotov (left foreground), Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively; and Yuri I. Malenchenko (right), Expedition 16 flight engineer, all representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15/16 flight engineer.

S88-E-5170 (12-15-98) --- A pre-setelectronic still camera (ESC) was used to take one of the traditional in-flight crew portraits for the STS-88 members on Endeavour's mid deck. From the leftare Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, Jerry L. Ross, James H. Newman, Nancy J. Currie, Robert D. Cabana and Sergei K. Krikalev. Krikalev, representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), has been assigned as one of the crew members for the first ISS crew. A banner representing the participating countries for ISS and a model (near Krikalev) of the connected Unity-Zarya modules are in the background. The photo was taken at 00:12:48 GMT, Dec. 15.

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.

STS098-371-0019 (7-20 February 2001) --- The crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station (ISS) interrupt work aboard the newly installed Destiny laboratory to pose for an in-flight joint group portrait. In front are (from the left) cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer; astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition One mission commander; and Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander. The shuttle crew is made up of (from the left) astronauts Mark L. Polansky, pilot; Kenneth D. Cockrell, mission commander; and Marsha S. Ivins, Robert L. Curbeam and Thomas D. Jones, all mission specialists. Krikalev and Gidzenko represent the Russian Aviation and Space Agency.

ISS006-E-50610 (28 April 2003) --- The Expedition Six and Seven crews pose for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left (front row) are astronauts Edward T. Lu, Expedition Seven NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition Seven mission commander. From the left (back row) are astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six mission commander, and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer. Budarin and Malenchenko represent Rosaviakosmos.

iss053e180280 (Nov. 12, 2017) --- The six-member Expedition 53 crew poses inside the shirt-sleeve environment of the Japanese Kibo laboratory module. In the front row (from left) are European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos. In the back row is cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos flanked by astronauts Joe Acaba (left) and Mark Vande Hei (right) of NASA.

STS111-320-008 (5-19 June 2002) --- The STS-111 (back row) and Expedition Five crewmembers gather for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The STS-111 crewmembers, from the left, are astronauts Philippe Perrin and Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, both mission specialists; Paul S. Lockhart and Kenneth D. Cockrell, pilot and mission commander, respectively. The Expedition Five crewmembers, from the left, are cosmonauts Sergei Y. Treschev, flight engineer; Valery G. Korzun, mission commander; and astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, flight engineer. Korzun and Treschev represent Rosaviakosmos and Perrin represents CNES, the French Space Agency.

ISS020-E-038360 (5 Sept. 2009) --- These seven international astronauts and cosmonauts take a few minutes from a busy agenda to pose for a portrait on the International Space Station, where theyre spending more than a week with a second group of visitors in summer 2009, accomplishing joint activities with the STS-128 Discovery crew. On the front row, from the left, are Canadian Aerospace Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, and NASA astronauts Tim Kopra and Mike Barratt, with Russias Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Gennady Padalka. Appearing above them, as though suspended by invisible wires, are, from the left, astronaut Nicole Stott with cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne. Stott replaces Kopra, who will be returning to Earth in a few days aboard Discovery.

ISS023-E-021868 (12 April 2010) --- Expedition 23 crew members pose for a in-flight crew portrait in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery (STS-131) remains docked with the station. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, commander, is at center. Also pictured clockwise (from bottom center) are Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and T.J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, all flight engineers.

ISS004-E-13433 (June 2002) --- The Expedition Four (front row) and STS-111 crews assemble for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Four crewmembers, from left to right, are astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, flight engineer; cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, mission commander; and astronaut Carl E. Walz, flight engineer. The STS-111 crewmembers, from left to right, are astronauts Philippe Perrin and Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, both mission specialists; Paul S. Lockhart and Kenneth D. Cockrell, pilot and mission commander, respectively. Onufrienko, Korzun and Treschev represent Rosaviakosmos and Perrin represents CNES, the French Space Agency.

STS98-E-5276 (15 February 2001) ---Six NASA astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts pose for a group portraitrepresenting both shuttle and station crews near the end of several days of joint work aboard the International Space Station (ISS). In front, from the left, are astronauts Kenneth D. Cockrell, STS-98 commander; William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition One commander; and Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist. In the rear, from the left, are cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer; astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, STS-98 mission specialist; astronaut Mark L. Polansky, shuttle pilot; cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander for Expedition One; and astronaut Thomas D. Jones, shuttle mission specialist.

ISS047e149609 (06/11/2016) --- The full crew of Expedition 47 aboard the International Space Station. ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Timothy Peake (bottom left), NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra (bottom middle) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (bottom row right) are set to depart the International Space Station and return to Earth June 18, 2016. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka (top left) and NASA astronaut Jeff Williams (top row middle) and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin (top right) will stay on as crew members for the next Expedition--48.

Expedition 65 prime crew members NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, center, and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos pose for a photo outside the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft during the final fit check to prepare for launch Sunday, April 4, 2021 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket April 9.

STS105-E-5334 (17 August 2001) --- The Expedition Two (back row) and Expedition Three crews participate in a press conference in the U.S. Laboratory. In less than 48 hours, the Expedition Two crew will hold the final handover ceremony with the newly arrived Expedition Three crew. The Expedition Two crewmembers are, from left to right, Susan J. Helms, flight engineer, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, mission commander, and James S. Voss, flight engineer. The Expedition Three crewmembers are, from left to right, cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., mission commander, and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

jsc2019e039430 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency pose for pictures July 16 holding replicas of launch keys used to initiate a Soyuz rockets liftoff. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

ISS040-E-139846 (10 Sept. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (center), Expedition 40 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov (left) and Oleg Artemyev, both flight engineers, are pictured in the Soyuz TMA-12M capsule which will return them back to Earth after serving more than five months onboard the orbital outpost. Undocking from the International Space Stations Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) occurred at 7 01 p.m. (EDT) on Sept. 10, 2014.

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 backup crewmembers Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Max Suraev (center) and Reid Wiseman of NASA (right) pose for pictures October 28 following a dress rehearsal fit check. The trio are understudies to the prime crew, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and Rick Mastracchio of NASA, who will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

ISS032-E-018110 (13 Aug. 2012) --- Expedition 32 crew members pose for a photo in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), commander; along with cosmonaut Sergei Revin (left) and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, both flight engineers. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, all flight engineers.

jsc2018e025598 - In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold of NASA (left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Drew Feustel of NASA (right) display the Russian Sokol launch and entry suit worn by Artemyev during his first flight into space in 2014 as part of the Expedition 39-40 crew. Artemyev is donating the suit to the museum as an historical artifact. The crewmembers will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

S124-E-007955 (9 June 2008) --- NASA astronauts Garrett Reisman, STS-124 mission specialist, and Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the STS-124 crewmembers from the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Reisman, who joined the station's crew in March, is being replaced by Chamitoff, who arrived at the station with the STS-124 crew.

iss055e004863 (March 23, 2018) --- The newly-expanded Expedition 55 crew gathers inside the Zvezda service module with its three newest crew members in the front row for a welcoming ceremony shortly after they arrived March 23, 2018. In front from left are Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold, Oleg Artemyev and Drew Feustel. In the back from left are Flight Engineer Norishige Kanai, Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Scott Tingle.

ISS014-E-19357 (12 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station participate in a conference with Russian space officials in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer; U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi; and cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander. From the left (back row) are astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer. The officials offered congratulations on the Cosmonautics Day in celebration of the 46th anniversary of the launching of Yuri Gagarin as the first human in space. The ground team also offered congratulations to Lopez-Alegria and Williams on the 26th anniversary of the launching of Columbia on the first space shuttle mission. Yurchikhin, Koto

ISS022-E-091547 (13 March 2010) --- Crew members on the International Space Station pose for a photo in the stations Kibo laboratory. Pictured on the front row are NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams (right), Expedition 22 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 22 flight engineer. Pictured on the back row are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 22 flight engineer and Expedition 23 commander; NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both Expedition 22/23 flight engineers. Williams and Suraev are scheduled to return to Earth on March 18, 2010, completing almost a half-year aboard the station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 crew pose for a group portrait in the White Room at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kneeling from left are Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik and Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; standing from left are Mission Specialists Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin and Robert L. Satcher Jr.; and Pilot Barry E. Wilmore.The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Launch of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for Nov. 16.

1812:At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 41/42 backup crewmembers Scott Kelly of NASA (left), Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz simulator September 3 as they began final qualification exams. They are the backups to NASAs Barry Wilmore and Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of Roscosmos, who will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan September 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Kelly and Kornienko will launch next March to spend a full year in space.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-112 crew pauses for a photo in the White Room during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. From left, clockwise, are Mission Specialists Piers Sellers and Sandra Magnus, Pilot Pamela Melroy, Commander Jeffrey Ashby and Mission Specialists Fyodor Yurchikhin and David Wolf. Ashby is holding the mission insignia. Yurchikhin is with the Russian Space Agency. Mission STS-112 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch no earlier than Oct. 2, between 2 and 6 p.m. EDT. STS-112 is the 15th assembly mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis will be carrying the S1 Integrated Truss Structure, the first starboard truss segment, to be attached to the central truss segment, S0, and the Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart A. The CETA is the first of two human-powered carts that will ride along the ISS railway, providing mobile work platforms for future spacewalking astronauts.

ISS038-E-054996 (22 Feb. 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (left), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, all Expedition 38 flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss063e022060 (May 31, 2020) --- The newly-expanded Expedition 63 crew with NASA astronauts (front row, from left) Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley having just entered the International Space Station shortly after arriving aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. In the center, in the back row, is NASA Commander Chris Cassidy flanked by Roscosmos Flight Engineers (from left) Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia and with the visage of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, looking down on them, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (right) clasp hands March 5 prior to qualification exams. They are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Star City, Russia March 26, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft for a six-month mission.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

ISS044E013678 (07/15/2015) --- On July 15, 2015 aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 44 crew memebrs Scott Kelly of NASA (left), Expedition Commander and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (middle), and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (right) commemorated the 40th anniversary of the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission.

ISS018-E-033778 (19 Feb. 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke (center), Expedition 18 commander; astronaut Sandra Magnus and cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, both flight engineers, pose for a crew photo between a Russian Orlan spacesuit and an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 37/38 backup crewmembers Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov (center) and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev clasp hands Sept. 3 during a round of qualification exams. The trio is serving as backups to the prime crew - Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA -- who will launch to the International Space Station Sept. 26 in their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakshtan.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

STS102-E-5228 (16 March 2001) --- Onboard the Destiny laboratory for the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts and cosmonauts convene in the midst of personnel changes on crew assignments. From the left are astronauts William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Andrew S.W. Thomas, Paul W. Richards, James D. Wetherbee and Susan J. Helms; along with cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev of Rosaviakosmos and astronaut James S. Voss. Though six here are wearing STS-102 attire, Helms, Voss and Usachev will be dressed in that of the Expedition Two crew shortly and Shepherd's suit will match those of the STS-102 crew members. The photo was taken with a digital still camera.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA (left) and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (right) hold up toy mascots Oct. 6 during final fit check activities prior to launch. The mascots will be mounted over their heads in the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft to serve as zero-G” indicators when they launch Oct. 11 for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

ISS021-E-032736 (24 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-129 mission specialist, and the remaining Expedition 21 crew members pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured (clockwise) from the bottom are Russian cosmonauts Maxim Suraev and Roman Romanenko, European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams.

. iss068e065016_alt (March 1, 2023) - From left, are Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann from NASA, and Koichi Wakata of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) posing for a fun portrait inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.

iss061e010522 (Oct. 18, 2019) --- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (left) and Christina Koch (right) are suited up and ready to go on the first all-woman spacewalk. Posing with them are their Expedition 61 crewmates (clockwise from bottom center) Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan.

Expedition 49 backup crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, left, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, second from left, and Nikolai Tikhonov of Roscosmos, third from left, pose for pictures with Expedition 49 prime crew members Shane Kimbrough of NASA, third from right, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, second from right, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, right, in front of the base of a Soyuz rocket on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19.

ISS020-E-008879 (14 June 2009) --- Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19/20 commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both Expedition 19/20 flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

STS081-E-05535 (17 Jan. 1997) --- Seven NASA astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts take a break from busy supply-transfer duties on the space shuttle Atlantis' middeck halfway through the ten-day mission. Left to right at bottom of the frame are mission specialists Peter J. K. (Jeff) Wisoff, John E. Blaha, Marsha S. Ivins and cosmonaut Aleksandr Y. Kaleri, Mir-22 flight engineer. In the top half of the scene are, from the top left, Brent W. Jett, Jr., pilot; John M. Grunsfeld, mission specialist; Jerry M. Linenger, cosmonaut guest researcher; Michael A. Baker, commander; and cosmonaut Valeri G. Korzun, Mir-22 commander. The picture was recorded with a pre-set 35mm Electronic Still Camera (ESC).

Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, left, and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, center, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) take a moment during their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft fit check to pose for a photograph, Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

nhq201707070010 (July 7, 2017) --- Expedition 52 flight engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA, left, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, and Randy Bresnik of NASA answer questions from the press outside the Soyuz simulator ahead of their final Soyuz qualification exam, Friday, July 7, 2017 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

jsc2019e039265 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) practice rendezvous and docking techniques on a laptop computer simulator July 12 as part of pre-launch activities. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

jsc2018e010873 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold of NASA (front row, left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (front row, center) and Drew Feustel of NASA (front row, right) pose for pictures March 5 during the crews first vehicle fit check activities. Behind them are the backup crewmembers, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (back row, left) and Nick Hague of NASA (back row, right). Arnold, Artemyev and Feustel will launch March 21 in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from Baikonur for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA, right, pose for a photo after being helped into their Russian Sokol suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 1:13 p.m. April 20 Baikonur time, and will carry Yurchikhin and Fischer into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

STS053-S-002 (September 1992) --- These five astronauts have been assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery for the mission, scheduled for launch in November of this year. Pictured are, left to right (front), Guion S. Bluford and James S. Voss, mission specialists; and (back row) David M. Walker, mission commander; Robert D. Cabana, pilot and Michael R. U. (Rich) Clifford, mission specialist. The photograph was made in the new Space Center Houston (SCH) facility.

ISS007-E-14437 (4 September 2003) --- The Expedition 7 crewmembers, wearing Russian Sokol suits, pose for a crew photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Pictured are cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (left), mission commander, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer. Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crew members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission take time out from their emergency exit training at Launch Pad 39A to pose for a group portrait in the White Room. Standing, from left, are Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialists Kathryn Hire and Robert Behnken. Kneeling, from left, are Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson, Commander George Zamka and Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick.The crew members of space shuttle Endeavour's upcoming mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. The primary payload on STS-130 is the International Space Station's Node 3, Tranquility, a pressurized module that will provide room for many of the station's life support systems. Attached to one end of Tranquility is a cupola, a unique work area with six windows on its sides and one on top. Endeavour's launch is targeted for Feb. 7.

jsc2017e096662 (July 17, 2017) --- In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 crewmembers Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (left), Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Randy Bresnik of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft July 17 as part of their fit check dress rehearsal activities. The trio will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.

3546:At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 42/43 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Terry Virts pose for pictures during the second day of qualification exams October 31. The trio is preparing for launch in the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Nov. 24, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Huddled together in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS) are the Expedition Four crew (dark blue shirts), Expedition Five crew (medium blue shirts) and the STS-111 crew (green shirts). The Expedition Four crewmembers are, from front to back, Cosmonaut Ury I. Onufrienko, mission commander; and Astronauts Daniel W. Bursch and Carl E. Waltz, flight engineers. The ISS crewmembers are, from front to back, Astronauts Kerneth D. Cockrell, mission commander; Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, mission specialist; Paul S. Lockhart, pilot; and Philippe Perrin, mission specialist. Expedition Five crewmembers are, from front to back, Cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, mission commander; Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, flight engineers. The ISS recieved a new crew, Expedition Five, replacing Expedition Four after a record-setting 196 days in space, when the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour STS-111 mission visited in June 2002. Three spacewalks enabled the STS-111

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin (center) and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures May 24 in front of the first stage engines of their Soyuz rocket in the Integration Facility following the final fit check” dress rehearsal by the prime and backup crews. Nyberg, Yurchikhin and Parmitano are preparing for launch May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e043409 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 backup crew members Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures May 10 following their final Soyuz spacecraft qualification exams. They are the backups to the prime crew of Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

S135-E-009393 (18 July 2011) --- Members of the STS-135 and Expedition 28 crews assemble in the International Space Station's Node 2 or Harmony for a farewell moment. From left are NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, Mike Fossum, Chris Ferguson and Ron Garan, with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev at right. Not pictured are NASA astronaut Rex Walheim and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Sergei Volkov.

ISS043E069815 (03/30/2015) --- All six Expedition 43 crewmembers are gathered in the Destiny laboratory on board the International Space Station on Mar 30, 2015 after an emergency procedures training period. The six members include Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko (top left), Anton Shkaplerov, Gennady Padalka, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (bottom left), and Expedition 43 commander US astronaut Terry Virts.

Astronauts included in the STS-59 crew portrait include (standing in rear, left to right) Kevin P. Chilton, pilot; and Sidney M. Gutierrez, commander. Seated left to right are Linda M. Godwin, payload commander; and mission specialists Thomas D. Jones, Jay Apt, and Michael R. Clifford. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on April 9, 1994 at 7 05 00 am (EDT), the STS-59 mission deployed the Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-1).

ISS037-E-024868 (31 Oct. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (right), Expedition 37 commander; along with NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both flight engineers, pose for a portrait in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev (center) and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (right) walk past their Soyuz booster December 4, 2010 during a fit check of their Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft. The trio will launch December 16 (Baikonur time) to the International Space Station.

ISS007-E-05245 (3 May 2003) --- The Expedition Six and Seven crews pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left (front row) are astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition Seven NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition Seven mission commander; and astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer. From the left (back row) are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, and astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six mission commander. Budarin and Malenchenko represent Rosaviakosmos.

S119-E-007740 (24 March 2009) --- NASA astronauts Sandra Magnus, STS-119 mission specialist; and Michael Fincke (second left), Expedition 18 commander; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut (JAXA) Koichi Wakata and cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, both Expedition 18 flight engineers, pose for a photo following a joint news conference in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Magnus, who joined the stations Expedition 18 crew in November 2008, is being replaced by Wakata, who arrived at the station with the STS-119 crew.

JSC2010-E-183253 (4 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, mission specialist, is visible in the background. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

. iss068e069112 (March 6, 2023) - The 11-member crew aboard the International Space Station give "thumbs up" signs in this portrait. In the bottom row from left, are Flight Engineers Andrey Fedyaev of Roscosmos, Sultan Alneyadi from UAE (United Arab Emirates), and Woody Hoburg from NASA. In the middle row from left, are Flight Engineers Anna Kikina from Roscosmos, Koichi Wakata from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Nicole Mann from NASA, Dmitri Petelin from Roscosmos, and Frank Rubio from NASA. In the back, are Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen from NASA, Commander Sergey Prokopyev from Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Josh Cassada from NASA.

. iss068e067571 (March 3, 2023) -Clockwise from top, are Expedition 68 Commander Sergey Prokopyev with Flight Engineers Andrey Fedyaev, Dmitri Petelin, and Anna Kikina, all from Roscosmos.

Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, pose for a picture at the conclusion of a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch May 29 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

STS102-E-5227 (16 March 2001) --- Onboard the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts and cosmonauts convene in the midst of personnel changes on crew assignments. From the left are astronauts William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Andrew S.W. Thomas, Paul W. Richards, James D. Wetherbee and Susan J. Helms; along with cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev of Rosaviakosmos and astronaut James S. Voss. Though six here are wearing STS-102 attire, Helms, Voss and Usachev will be dressed in that of the Expedition Two crew shortly and Shepherd's suit will match those of the STS-102 crew members. The photo was taken with a digital still camera.

S119-E-007794 (24 March 2009) --- Eight out of the ten crewmembers on the International Space Station pose for a group photo following a joint news conference in the Harmony node while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. From the left are NASA astronauts Tony Antonelli, STS-119 pilot; Lee Archambault, STS-119 commander; and Joseph Acaba, STS-119 mission specialist. From the left (middle row) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut (JAXA) Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer; and NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus, STS-119 mission specialist. From the left (back row) are astronauts Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and John Phillips, all STS-119 mission specialists. Magnus, who joined the stations Expedition 18 crew in November 2008, is being replaced by Wakata, who arrived at the station with the STS-119 crew.

Expedition 39 primary crew flight engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, Soyuz commander Aleksander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, flight engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference be Monday, March 24, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch March 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

14-22-57:Mimicking the pose taken years ago by a cosmonaut for the statue known as The Fisherman” that stands at the entrance to the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency , Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA pose for pictures May 21 at the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur as part of their traditional pre-launch training ceremonies. The pose of The Fisherman” is also the predominant theme of the crew’s Soyuz crew patch. Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

ISS032-E-027013 (15 Sept. 2012) --- Expedition 31/32 and Expedition 32/33 crew members pose for a group portrait in the International Space Stations Unity node following the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 32 to Expedition 33. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 32 commander; along with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin, both Expedition 32 flight engineers. Pictured on the back row are NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, both Expedition 33 flight engineers.

ISS032-E-018130 (13 Aug. 2012) --- Expedition 32 crew members pose for a photo in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured on the bottom row are Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), commander; along with cosmonaut Sergei Revin (left) and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, both flight engineers. Pictured on the top row (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, all flight engineers.

Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, top, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, and Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, bottom, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. Their Soyuz TMA-08M rocket launched at 2:43 a.m. local time.

ISS028-E-009699 (25 June 2011) --- Five of the six Expedition 28 crew members currently onboard the International Space Station are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module. From the left are NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, all flight engineers; Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, commander; and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, flight engineer.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Beth Weissinger

ISS025-S-002A (February 2010) --- Expedition 25 crew members take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Pictured at center right is NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, commander. Also pictured (from the left) are Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri; NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Shannon Walker; along with Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, all flight engineers.

Aboard a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft, Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA (left), Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (center) and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin affix a sticker bearing their missions insignia to the cabins wall October 26 as they flew from their training base in Star City, Russia to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch preparations. Mastracchio, Wakata and Tyurin will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin (left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov (center) and Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft November 9, 2011 as they completed a final inspection of the vehicle in its Integration Facility. The trio are preparing for launch November 14 from Baikonur to the International Space Station.

jsc2017e101958 (July 22, 2017) --- In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 backup crewmembers Mark Vande Hei of NASA (left), Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, right) pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft July 24 during their final fit check dress rehearsal. They are serving as the backups to Randy Bresnik of NASA, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, who will launch July 28 aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.

ISS003-E-5169 (17 August 2001) --- The Expedition Three (white shirts), STS-105 (striped shirts), and Expedition Two (red shirts) crews assemble for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Three crew members are, from front to back, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., mission commander; and cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineers; STS-105 crew members are, front row, Patrick G. Forrester and Daniel T. Barry, mission specialists, and back row, Scott J. Horowitz, commander, and Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, pilot; Expedition Two crew members are, from front to back, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, mission commander, James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms, flight engineers. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Usachev represent Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

jsc2017e114472 (Aug. 28, 2017) --- In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 53-54 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Aug. 28 during pre-launch training activities. Clad in their Sokol launch and entry suits in the front row are the prime crewmembers, Joe Acaba of NASA (left), Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos (center) and Mark Vande Hei of NASA (right). Behind them are their backups, Shannon Walker of NASA (left), Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos (center) and Scott Tingle of NASA (left). Acaba, Vande Hei of NASA and Misurkin will launch Sept. 13 on the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 46-47 crewmembers Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Tim Kopra of NASA (right) listen to reporters questions at the start of their final qualification exam Nov. 20. The trio will launch Dec. 15 on their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft Dec. 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Seth Marcantel

Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti, of the European Space Agency (ESA), top, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, center, and Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), bottom, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft for launch, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Cristoforetti, Virts, and Shkaplerov will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station.

S119-E-007785 (24 March 2009) --- STS-119 crewmembers and astronaut Sandra Magnus (center, top row), Expedition 18 flight engineer, pose for a group photo following a joint news conference with the Expedition 18 crewmembers from the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Also pictured from the left (bottom row) are NASA astronauts Steve Swanson, mission specialist; Tony Antonelli, pilot; Lee Archambault, commander; and Joseph Acaba, mission specialist. Pictured on the top row with Magnus are astronauts Richard Arnold (left) and John Phillips, both mission specialists. Magnus, who joined the stations crew in November, is being replaced by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut (JAXA) Koichi Wakata (not pictured), who arrived at the station with the STS-119 crew.

13-13-05-33-2: (13 Sept. 2014) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and clad in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center; and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos pose for pictures Sept. 13 in front of their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft during the first of two fit check” dress rehearsal activities. The trio will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space.

STS064-24-029 (9-20 Sept. 1994) --- In the microgravity of space, 130 nautical miles above Earth, the six STS-64 crew members found a unique setting for the traditional inflight crew portrait. Astronaut Richard N. Richards (upper right), commander, found stability with his back against the overhead in upper right corner. Others, clockwise from the commander, are astronauts Carl J. Meade and Susan J. Helms, mission specialists; L. Blaine Hammond, pilot; and Mark C. Lee and Jerry M. Linenger, both mission specialists.

Expedition 31 backup crew members Kevin Ford (left), Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin (right) give the thumbs up before their final qualification test in preparation for flight, Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Expedition 31 prime crew members commander Gennady Padalka, flight engineers Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin practiced similar scenarios nearby in advance of their final approval for launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for May 15, 2012.

ISS022-E-067727 (17 Feb. 2010) --- STS-130 and Expedition 22 crew members gather for a group portrait in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Pictured from the left (front row) are NASA astronauts Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander; Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist; George Zamka, STS-130 commander; and Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist. Pictured from the left (middle row) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22 flight engineer; NASA astronauts Kathryn Hire, STS-130 mission specialist; and T.J. Creamer, Expedition 22 flight engineer. Pictured from the left (back row) are Russian cosmonauts Maxim Suraev and Oleg Kotov, both Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronauts Stephen Robinson, STS-130 mission specialist; and Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot.

iss053e180226 (Nov. 12, 2017) --- The six-member Expedition 53 crew poses for a portrait inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module with a spacesuit hand-painted by cancer patients from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. On the left (from top to bottom) are NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei with cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos. On the right (from top to bottom) are European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA.

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