International Space Station Portraits

Crew members in flight suits captured in lively poses inside the International Space Station's laboratories, highlighting camaraderie among astronauts.

iss059e098821 (June 8, 2019) --- The six Expedition 59 crewmembers gather for a portrait inside the Kibo laboratory module from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. At bottom from left are, Flight Engineers Christina Koch, Alexey Ovchinin and Nick Hague. At top from left are, Flight Engineer Anne McClain, Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques.

Expedition 43 backup crew members Jeff Williams of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin, center, and Sergei Volkov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) take a moment during the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft fit check to pose for a photograph, Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The prime crew members Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly 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.

S126-E-008859 (21 Nov. 2008) --- Following a space-to-Earth press conference, members of the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Endeavour crews posed for a group portrait on the orbital outpost. From left, bottom row, are astronaut Sandra Magnus, cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, and astronauts Gregory Chamitoff and Michael Fincke. From left, middle row, are astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Chris Ferguson and Eric Boe. From left, top row, are astronauts Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Donald Pettit.

ISS021-S-002A (May 2009) --- Expedition 21 crew members take a break from training at NASAs Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Pictured on the front row are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (center), commander; NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, both flight engineers. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, all flight engineers.

These 10 astronauts and cosmonauts represent the base STS-102 space travelers, as well as the crew members for the station crews switching out turns aboard the outpost. Those astronauts wearing orange represent the STS-102 crew members. In the top photo, from left to right are James M. Kelly, pilot; Andrew S.W. Thomas, mission specialist; James D. Wetherbee, commander; and Paul W. Richards, mission specialist. The group pictured in the lower right portion of the portrait are STS-members as well as Expedition Two crew members (from left) mission specialist and flight engineer James S. Voss; cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two Commander; and mission specialist and flight engineer Susan Helms. The lower left inset are the 3 man crew of Expedition One (pictured from left) Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer; astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, commander; and cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander. The main objective of the STS-102 mission was the first Expedition Cre

S124-E-007918 (9 June 2008) --- Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (second right) and Oleg Kononenko (second left), Expedition 17 commander and flight engineer, respectively; along with NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff (right), Expedition 17 flight engineer, and Garrett Reisman, STS-124 mission specialist, pose for a portrait following a joint news conference 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.

PHOTO DATE: 03-31-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, FFTSUBJECT: STS-133 crew during Payload Egress training in Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) with instructors Bob Behrendsen and Adam Flagan

S131-E-008655 (11 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts Clayton Anderson (left) and Rick Mastracchio, both STS-131 mission specialists, attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits; along with astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson (center left), Expedition 23 flight engineer; James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot; and Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, mission specialist, pose for a photo in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station prior to the start of the mission's second spacewalk.

ISS017-S-002A (14 Feb. 2008) --- Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (center), Expedition 17 commander; Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer; and astronaut Garrett Reisman (left), flight engineer, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Reisman will launch to the International Space Station on the STS-123 mission of Endeavour in March 2008, joining Expedition 16 in progress and will provide Expedition 17 with an experienced flight engineer for the first part of its increment. Volkov and Kononenko are scheduled to launch to the complex in the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in April for a six-month mission. Reisman is scheduled to be replaced in June by NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff.

STS105-E-5205 (15 August 2001) --- The astronauts and cosmonauts of STS-105 and Expedition Two and Expedition Three share some time in the Zvezda Service Module aboard the International Space Station. From left to right are cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three flight engineer; astronaut Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer; astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three commander; cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two commander; and Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist. Taking a brief break from busy moving chores, the astronauts and cosmonauts fashioned some liquid bubbles, which always perform interestingly in zero gravity. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS018-E-042673 (22 March 2009) --- Seven of the ten crewmembers on the International Space Station are pictured in the Harmony node while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Pictured from the left (bottom) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer; NASA astronauts John Phillips and Sandra Magnus, both STS-119 mission specialists. From the left (top) are astronauts Lee Archambault, STS-119 commander; Tony Antonelli, STS-119 pilot; Steve Swanson and Joseph Acaba, both STS-119 mission specialists.

STS110-E-5126 (10 April 2002) --- Astronauts Carl E. Walz (left), Expedition Four flight engineer, Michael J. Bloomfield and Jerry L. Ross, STS-110 mission commander and mission specialist, respectively, are photographed in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The image was taken with a digital still camera.

S135-E-008715 (16 July 2011) --- The four crew members of the Atlantis STS-135 mission pose for a picture on the spacecraft's flight deck. On the front row are NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (left) and Chris Ferguson, pilot and commander respectively. In the rear are NASA astronauts Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. The U.S. flag pictured was flown on the first space shuttle mission, STS-1, and flew on this mission to be presented to the space station crew. It will remain onboard the station until the next crew launched from the U.S. will retrieve it for return to Earth. It will fly from Earth again, with the crew that launches from the U.S. on a journey of exploration beyond Earth orbit.

S124-E-007950 (9 June 2008) --- Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (center), Expedition 17 commander; Oleg Kononenko (left) and NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, both flight engineers, 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.

ISS021-E-032728 (24 Nov. 2009) --- STS-129 crew members pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the Expedition 21 crew members (out of frame) from the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured on the front row are astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (center), commander; along with Leland Melvin (left) and Robert L. Satcher Jr., both mission specialists. Pictured on the back row are astronauts Barry E. Wilmore (right), pilot; along with Mike Foreman (left) and Randy Bresnik, both mission specialists.

ISS018-E-044302 (1 April 2009) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (right), Expedition 18 commander; cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (center), Expedition 18 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi pose for a photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

iss062e116029 (March 29, 2020) --- NASA Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir flank Expedition 62 Commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos for a portrait in the weightless environment of the International Space Station.

Crewmembers from Mir-23 and STS-84 assemble for a group portrait onboard the Spacehab Double Module, as they tie a record (ten) for number of persons aboard a single orbiting spacecraft at one time. They are (from the left, front) Jerry M. Linenger, Vasili V. Tsibliyev, Charles J. Precourt, Aleksandr I. Lazutkin and C. Michael Foale. On the back row, from the left, are Edward T. Lu, Eileen M. Collins, Jean-Francois Clervoy, Elena V. Kondakova and Carlos I. Noriega..

ISS015-E-34599 (16 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson (right), Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (center), Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

jsc2017e138119 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers pose for pictures Dec. 13 in front of the first stage of the Soyuz booster rocket. From left to right are Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Scott Tingle of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), who will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

ISS034-E-005219 (21 Nov. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford (center), Expedition 34 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy (left) and Evgeny Tarelkin, both flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

STS064-S-002 (June 1994) --- These six NASA astronauts have been assigned as crew members to fly aboard the space shuttle Discovery for the mission scheduled for September 1994. Astronaut Richard N. Richards (center front) is mission commander, while L. Blaine Hammond Jr. (front left) has been assigned as pilot. The other crew members are Susan J. Helms and (left to right, back row) Mark C. Lee, Jerry M. Linenger and Carl J. Meade, all mission specialists.

ISS017-S-002E (14 Feb. 2008) --- NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff (left), Garrett Reisman, both Expedition 17 flight engineers; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Sergei Volkov, commander; and Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a portrait. Reisman will launch to the International Space Station on the STS-123 mission of Endeavour in March 2008, joining Expedition 16 in progress and will provide Expedition 17 with an experienced flight engineer for the first part of its increment. Volkov and Kononenko are scheduled to launch to the complex in the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in April for a six-month mission. Chamitoff is scheduled to launch to the station on the STS-124 mission of Discovery in June, joining Expedition 17 in progress.

ISS043E142528 (04/26/2015) ---From the International Space Station NASA astronaut Terry Virts (right) tweeted this image of he and his crewmate Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov celebrating the birthday of ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (middle). His tweet commented: "Happy Birthday @AstroSamantha! We had a great time celebrating as a crew."

PHOTO DATE: 01-21-14LOCATION: Bldg. 8, Room 183 - Photo StudioSUBJECT: Expedition 41 official crew portrait. Soyuz 39S Crew: Maxim Suraev, Alexander Gerst, Reid Wiseman and Soyuz 40S crew: Barry Wilmore, Yelena Serova, Alexander Samokutyaye.

ISS018-E-042016 (21 March 2009) --- Five of the ten crewmembers on the International Space Station pose for a photo near the galley in the Zvezda Service Module while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Pictured (clockwise from the left) are astronauts John Phillips and Sandra Magnus, both STS-119 mission specialists; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer; astronaut Tony Antonelli, STS-119 pilot; and cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Expedition 18 flight engineer.

ISS018-E-033784 (19 Feb. 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Fincke (right), 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.

ISS002-E-5339 (12 April 2001) --- The Expedition Two crewmembers -- astronaut Susan J. Helms (left), cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev and astronaut James S. Voss -- share a meal at the table in the Zvezda / Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS). This image was recorded with a digital still camera.

Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson, front left, Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov, front center, and Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko pose with backup crewmembers NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly of the U.S., back left, Flight Engineer Alexander Samokutyayev of Russia, back center, and Flight Engineer Andrei Borisenko of Russia, prior to the crews launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station on Friday, April 2, 2010, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

STS084-380-019 (15-24 May 1997) --- In the last minutes of joint activity between the STS-84 and Russian Space Agency (RSA) Mir-23 crews, ten astronauts and cosmonauts pose for an in-space portrait in the Space Shuttle Atlantis Spacehab Double Module (DM). For orientation purposes, photo should be held with clasped hands of Aleksandr I. Lazutkin (wearing Mir-23 suit) just below center. The flight engineer is flanked by similarly attired crew mates Vasili Tsibliyev, Mir-23 commander, on the left, and C. Michael Foale, cosmonaut guest researcher, on the right. The STS-84 crew members are, clockwise from the left, Jerry M. Linenger, mission specialist; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; Edward T. Lu, mission specialist; Jean-Franois Clervoy, payload commander; Elena V. Kondakova and Carlos I. Noriega, both mission specialists, along with Charles J. Precourt, mission commander.

JSC2006-E-00224 (22 Dec. 2005) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and landing suits, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station pauses from its training schedule in Star City, Russia to pose for a crew portrait. From the left are Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes; cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and NASA astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 Flight Engineer and Science Officer. The crew will launch on the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft from Baikonur, Kazakhstan in March 2006. Pontes is flying under a commercial agreement with Russia's Federal Space Agency and will return to Earth April 1 with the Expedition 12 crew that has been on the station since October 2005.

ISS026-S-002 (16 July 2010) --- Expedition 26 crew members take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Pictured clockwise from the right are NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, commander; NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev, Oleg Skripochka, Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, all flight engineers.

S130-E-007791 (13 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Terry Virts (left), STS-130 pilot; and Stephen Robinson, mission specialist, are pictured on the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station.

jsc2018e051926 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures May 31 in front of the Soyuz spacecraft that will launch them to the International Space Station during a final inspection. Aunon-Chancellor, Prokopyev and Gerst will launch June 6 in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. ..NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Artemis II Day of Launch Demonstration Test ISSV-1A. Artemis II NASA astronauts (left to right) Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen stand in the white room on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as part of an integrated ground systems test at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The test ensures the ground systems team is ready to support the crew timeline on launch day.

S120-E-007608 (31 Oct. 2007) --- STS-120 and Expedition 16 crewmembers pose for a group photo following a joint news conference in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. From the left (bottom) are astronauts Clayton Anderson, STS-120 mission specialist; Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and George Zamka, STS-120 pilot. From the left (center) are astronauts Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist; Pam Melroy, STS-120 commander; and Paolo Nespoli, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA). From the left (top) are astronauts Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock, both STS-120 mission specialists.

ISS020-E-036878 (30 Aug. 2009) --- This is one of a series of digital still images that were recorded shortly after the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crewmembers reunited in space and not long after the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station joined up in Earth orbit to create the second consecutive 13-person aggregation to perform more work on the orbital outpost. From the left are astronauts Nicole Stott, STS-128 mission specialist, soon to transfer into a role as Expedition 20 flight engineer, and Michael Barratt, Expedition 20 flight engineer, along with European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fugelsang, STS-128 mission specialist.

This is the portrait of the astronaut and cosmonaut crewmembers comprising the STS-105 mission. The base crew (bottom center), left to right, are pilot Frederick W. (Rich) Sturckow, Mission Specialists Patrick G. Forester and Daniel T. Barry, and Commander Scott J. Horowitz. The upper right group are the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition Three crew, (left to right) Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer; Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., commander; and Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer. The upper left group are the ISS Expedition Two crew, (left to right) Astronaut James S. Voss, commander; Cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, flight engineer; and Astronaut Susan J. Helms, flight engineer. The STS-105 was the 11th ISS assembly flight and launched on August 19, 2001 aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery.

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, right, pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft during 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.

S122-E-009723 (17 Feb. 2008) --- STS-122 and Expedition 16 crewmembers share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left are NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, STS-122 mission specialist; Steve Frick, STS-122 commander; Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; Alan Poindexter, STS-122 pilot; Stanley Love and Daniel Tani, both STS-122 mission specialists.

ISS025-E-012041 (7 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock (left), Expedition 25 commander; along with NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Scott Kelly, both flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

STS055-203-009 (26 April-6 May 1993) --- The seven crew members who spent 10 days aboard the space shuttle Columbia pose for the traditional in-flight portrait in the Spacelab D-2 Science Module. Front, left to right, are Terence T. (Tom) Henricks, Steven R. Nagel, Ulrich Walter and Charles J. Precourt. In the rear are (left to right) Bernard A. Harris Jr., Hans Schlegel and Jerry L. Ross. Nagel served as mission commander; Henricks was the pilot and Ross, the payload commander. Harris and Precourt were mission specialists and Schlegel and Walter were payload specialists representing the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR).

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 35-36 prime and backup crews pose for pictures March 17 during a systems dress rehearsal called a fit check”. Left to right in the front row is the prime crew --- NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin. Left to the right in the back row are backup crewmembers Michael Hopkins of NASA, Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy. Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin are preparing for launch to the International Space Station from Baikonur on March 29, Kazakh time.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

ISS017-E-018998 (14 Oct. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (left), Expedition 17/18 flight engineer, and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott pose for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS003-E-5186 (17 August 2001) --- Astronauts Scott J. Horowitz (bottom left), STS-105 mission commander, Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, pilot, Daniel T. Barry (top left), and Patrick G. Forrester, both mission specialists, pause from their daily activities to pose for this photo in the Destiny laboratory while visiting the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

. PHOTO DATE: March 29, 2023. LOCATION: Bldg. 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. SUBJECT: Official crew portrait for Artemis II, from left: NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At a post-landing press conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-115 crew answer questions from the media about their mission. Seated from left are Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Christopher Ferguson, and Mission Specialists Joseph Tanner, Daniel Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steven MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency. During the mission to the International Space Station, astronauts delivered and installed the massive P3/P4 truss, an integral part of the station's backbone, and two sets of solar arrays that will eventually provide one quarter of the station's power. After 11 days, 19 hours and 6 minutes in space, the crew returned to Earth aboard Atlantis at 6:21:30 a.m. EDT.

jsc2017e101959 (July 22, 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 the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft July 24 during their final fit check dress rehearsal. They will launch July 28 aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.

STS088-313-022 (4-15 December 1998) --- The six crew members pose with their launch and entry suits (LES) on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. From the left (front) are Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow, pilot; Jerry L. Ross and Sergei K. Krikalev, both mission specialists; (rear), Robert D. Cabana, mission commander; Nancy J. Currie and James H. Newman, both mission specialists. Cosmonaut Krikalev, recently named as a crew member for the first mission to the International Space Station (ISS), is representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA).

S104-E-5057 (14 July 2001) --- Soon after their ingress into the International Space Station (ISS), the STS-104 crewmembers pose for a photograph with the Expedition Two crewmembers in the Zvezda Service Module. From left to right are: back row - Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer; Michael L. Gernhardt, STS-104 mission specialist; Steven W. Lindsey, STS-104; James F. Reilly, STS-104 mission specialist; middle row - Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two mission commander; Janet L. Kavandi, STS-104 mission specialist; front row - James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer; and Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-104 pilot. Usachev represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS002-356-013 (30 April  5 May 2001) --- The Soyuz 2 crewmembers and astronaut Susan J. Helms (right), Expedition 2 flight engineer, pose for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are American businessman Dennis Tito; and cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev and Yuri Baturin, Soyuz 2 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Rosaviakosmos.

jsc2020e014998 (March 2, 2020) --- The backup Expedition 63 crewmembers pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. From left are, NASA astronaut Steve Bowen and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrei Babkin.

JSC2007-E-113868 (19 Dec. 2007) --- Astronauts Michael J. Massimino (seated), STS-125 mission specialist; and Gregory H. Johnson, STS-123 pilot, pose for a photo in the motion-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at the Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 05-28-09LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, FFTSUBJECT: Photographic coverage of STS-129 Preflight Training. Suited payload egress training.

ISS034-E-010476 (24 Dec. 2012) --- Expedition 34 crew members assemble in the Unity node of the International Space Station for a brief celebration of the Christmas holiday. Pictured clockwise (from top right) are NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, commander; Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin and Roman Romanenko, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, all flight engineers.

STS044-17-030 (24 Nov-1 Dec 1991) --- The six crewmembers for STS-44 pose for a second crew portrait on Atlantis' flight deck. This portrait was intended to focus on Payload Specialist Thomas J. Hennen (front center), who earned the nickname, "Trash Man" during the flight. It was Hennen who "starred" in a brief onboard video production about the disposal of trash and waste. Others in the picture are (front row) Astronauts Frederick D. Gregory (left), Mission Commander; and James S. Voss, Mission Specialist; and (back row, left to right) Astronauts Mario Runco Jr. and F. Story Musgrave, both Mission Specialists; and Terence T. (Tom) Henricks, Pilot.

JSC2010-E-195547 (3 Dec. 2010) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, STS-135 crew members listen to a briefing by a crew instructor (out of frame) in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left are NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, Sandy Magnus, both mission specialists; Chris Ferguson, commander; and Doug Hurley, pilot. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

ISS003-E-7036 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (foreground), Expedition Three mission commander, and the Soyuz Taxi crewmembers assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev, Commander Victor Afanasyev, and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere. Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS013-S-002A (12 Jan. 2006) --- Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov (center), Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams (right), NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germany pause from their training schedule to pose for their official crew portrait. Vinogradov and Williams are scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station in early spring of this year in a Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft. Reiter, the second flight engineer for Expedition 13, is scheduled to launch on space shuttle mission STS-121 in July and will join Vinogradov and Williams already on the space station.

iss056-s-002 (March 8, 2018) --- The official portrait of the Expedition 56 crew. In the front row from left are astronauts Drew Feustel of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency. In the rear from left are crew members Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, Ricky Arnold of NASA, Sergei Prokopev of Roscosmos and Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA.

STS072-410-007 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- The crewmembers selected the aft flight deck for the site of their inflight crew portrait aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. In front are, left to right, astronauts Daniel T. Barry, mission specialist; Brian Duffy, mission commander; and Leroy Chiao, mission specialist. In the rear are (left to right) Koichi Wakata, mission specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); Brent W. Jett Jr., pilot; and Winston E. Scott, mission specialist.

. iss069e084754 (Aug. 29, 2023) --- From left, are Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Woody Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli, and Frank Rubio, all from from NASA, posing for a portrait aboard the International Space Station. The three astronauts were selected as part NASA's 22nd group of astronauts, nicknamed "The Turtles", in June of 2017.

jsc2020e032979 (Aug. 11, 2020) --- The SpaceX Crew-1 official crew portrait with (from left) NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Soichi Noguchi.

STS106-E-5195 (13 September 2000) --- Two cosmonauts and five astronauts pose for a tradition-based inflight crew portrait aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which is currently docked with the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Astronauts Terrence W. Wilcutt, mission commander, and Scott D. Altman (bottom center) are surrounded by the five mission specialists (counterclockwise from Wilcutt) -- cosmonaut Boris V. Morukov, astronauts Richard A. Mastracchio, Edward T. Lu and Daniel C. Burbank, along with cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko. Morukov and Malenchenko represent the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. The seven had just taken a brief break from the continuing tasks they're performing to help ready the ISS for other astronauts and cosmonauts permanent habitation in the near future.

S118-E-07207 (14 Aug. 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left) and Oleg V. Kotov (right), Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Scott Kelly, STS-118 commander, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

2014-09-21-10-30-41In the Baikonur Cosmodrome Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, 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 (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft Sept. 21 as they enter the final stages of pre-launch preparations. 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 and the first to live and work on the station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition Five crewmembers include (left to right) Cosmonaut Verleri Korzun, Commander; Astronaut Peggy Whitson, flight engineer; and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev, flight engineer. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour, STS-111, in April 2002, Expedition Five replaced Expedition Four on the International Space Station (ISS) for a scheduled 4-month mission. Expedition Five carried several new experiments and science facilities to the ISS. The research compliment included 24 new and continuing investigations 10 human life sciences studies, 6 in microgravity, 5 in space product development, and 3 sponsored by the Office of Space Flight. The new experiments are expected to lead to new insights in the fields of materials, plant science, commercial biotechnology, and the long term effects of space flight on humans. 280 hours will be devoted to research in addition to the continuing building of the ISS. Station science will also be conducted by the ever-present ground crew, with a

Expedition 56 backup crew members Anne McClain of NASA, back left, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, back center, and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, back right, stand behind prime crew members flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, from left, Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, front center, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), front right, after donning their Russian Sokol suits as they prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Auñón-Chancellor, Prokopyev, and Gerst on a six month mission aboard the International Space Station.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 37/38 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov (center) and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft Sept. 14 during a fit check” dress rehearsal training exercise. The three crewmembers are preparing for launch Sept. 26, Kazakh time, from Baikonur to begin a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

iss063e063155 (Aug. 1, 2020) --- The Expedition 63 crew gathers for a final portrait before the departure of NASA's commercial crew astronauts (front row, from left) Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. In the center back row, is NASA Commander Chris Cassidy flanked by Roscosmos Flight Engineers (from left) Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin.

ISS022-E-014044 (22 Dec. 2009) --- Wearing festive holiday hats, the Expedition 22 crew members are pictured while speaking with officials from Russia, Japan and the United States from the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. In the front row, are NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams (right), commander; and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, flight engineer. Pictured on the back row (left to right) are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, all flight engineers.

Group portrait photos of SpaceX Crew Flight Test (Demo-2) crew & backup crews - From left to right: Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (left), Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev (center) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin (right) complete training preparations in front of their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft as they prepare for launch Sept. 21 for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

. iss069-s-002 (Feb. 7, 2023) - The official Expedition 69 crew portrait with (from left) flight engineers Frank Rubio from NASA, Dmitri Petelin from Roscosmos, Sultan Alneyadi from UAE (United Arab Emirates), Woody Hoburg from NASA, Stephen Bowen from NASA, Andrey Fedyaev from Roscosmos, and Commander Sergey Prokopyev from Roscosmos.

At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 50-51 crewmembers Peggy Whitson of NASA (left), Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (right) review flight plans Nov. 10 as part of their preflight training. They will launch Nov. 18, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

S69-31739 (May 1969) --- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Several hours after their successful landing at Kennedy Space Center aboard the orbiter Discovery, the crew of mission STS-121 address questions from the media about their experiences on the shuttle and the International Space Station. Seated at the conference table are (from left) Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialists Michael Fossum, Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson and Piers Sellers. Discovery traveled 5.3 million miles, landing on orbit 202. Mission elapsed time was 12 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes and 54 seconds. During the nearly 13-day mission, the STS-121 crew tested new equipment and procedures to improve shuttle safety, and delivered supplies and made repairs to the International Space Station.

JSC2011-E-046614 (14 Feb. 2011) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (left), Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 commander; along with Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, both Expedition 28/29 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait.

ISS027-E-011851 (12 April 2011) --- Expedition 27 crew members pose for a photo near the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station in honor of the 50th anniversary of the spaceflight of Yuri Gagarin, the first human launched in space on April 12, 1961. A portrait of Gagarin is at center. Pictured are Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (bottom center), commander; NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev (center) and Andrey Borisenko (top left), NASA astronaut Ron Garan and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (right), all flight engineers.

ISS016-S-002B (June 2007) --- This crew portrait shows astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, with Russia Federal Space Agency's cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (right), flight engineer and Soyuz commander; and astronaut Clay Anderson, flight engineer, who arrived on the station in June. Whitson and Malenchenko, two veterans of previous International Space Station flights, are scheduled to launch to the complex in the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in October for a six-month mission. Anderson will be replaced in October by astronaut Dan Tani of NASA.

PHOTO DATE: 01-22-14LOCATION: Bldg. 2N, Press Conf. Room SUBJECT: Expedition 40 (Soyuz 38) press conference with Steve Swanson

ISS017-E-010985 (10 July 2008) --- Back inside Zvezda following a spacewalk, cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (right) and Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 17 commander and flight engineer, respectively, display a canister (floating freely in foreground) which contains the freshly retrieved pyrotechnic bolt from the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft. The pair, who represent the Russian Federal Space Agency, are pictured following their July 10 extravehicular activity in the thermal undergarments that typically complement the Russian Orlan spacesuit used for spacewalks.

ISS019-S-002 (31 Oct. 2008) --- Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19 commander; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Padalka and Barratt are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in March 2009. Wakata will fly to the station on STS-119 and will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 18 and 19.

ISS016-S-002F (June 2007) --- This crew portrait shows the variety of crewmembers who will occupy the International Space Station during Expedition 16. Astronaut Peggy Whitson (front row, right), station commander; and Russia's Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (front row, left), flight engineer and Soyuz commander, will join NASA astronaut Clay Anderson (back row, left), flight engineer, in October after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Anderson will be replaced in October by astronaut Dan Tani (back row, second from left), flight engineer, who will yield his place in December to Leopold Eyharts of the European Space Agency (back row, third from left). Eyharts will be replaced in February 2008 by astronaut Garrett Reisman (back row, far right), flight engineer.

Crew of Gemini 9

ISS017-S-002D (14 Feb. 2008) --- Astronauts Greg Chamitoff (right) and Garrett Reisman, both Expedition 17 flight engineers, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a portrait. Reisman will launch to the International Space Station on the STS-123 mission of Endeavour in March 2008, joining Expedition 16 in progress and will provide Expedition 17 with an experienced flight engineer for the first part of its increment. Chamitoff is scheduled to launch to the station on the STS-124 mission of Discovery in June, joining Expedition 17 in progress. Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko (both not pictured), commander and flight engineer, respectively, are scheduled to launch to the complex in the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in April for a six-month mission.

JSC2012-E-096291 (22 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (right), Expedition 32 flight engineer and Expedition 33 commander; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (left) and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, both Expedition 32/33 flight engineers, attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait.

PHOTO DATE: 07-10-14LOCATION: Bldg. 8, Room 183 - Photo StudioSUBJECT: Official Expedition 43 crew portrait. Soyuz 41(Anton Shkaplerov, Samantha Cristoforetti, Terry Virts) and Soyuz 42 (Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko, Scott Kelly).

. jsc2022e063582 (Feb. 7, 2022) --- The four crew members representing the SpaceX Crew-5 mission pose for an official crew portrait. From left are Mission Specialist Anna Kikina of Roscosmos; Pilot Josh Cassada and Commander Nicole Mann, both from NASA; and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

ISS030-E-015660 (25 Dec. 2011) --- The six Expedition 30 crew members assemble in the U.S. Lab (Destiny) aboard the International Space Station for a brief celebration of the Christmas holiday on Dec. 25. In front are Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank (right) and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko. On the back row, left to right, are Flight Engineers Don Pettit, Anatoly Ivanishin, Andre Kuipers and Anton Shkaplerov (suspended with his feet anchored above the group). Burbank and Pettit are NASA astronauts; Kononenko, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are Russian cosmonauts; and Kuipers represents the European Space Agency.

iss061e033960 (Nov. 11, 2019) --- The six-member Expedition 61 crew, wearing t-shirts printed with their crew insignia, gathers for a playful portrait inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module. From left are, Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan, Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir, Christina Koch and Alexander Skvortsov and Commander Luca Parmitano.

iss064e029583 (Feb. 7, 2021) --- Four Expedition 64 Flight Engineers, who are also the SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts, gather around a laptop computer to watch a movie inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module. From left are, Michael Hopkins of NASA, Soichi Noguchi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Victor Glover.

At the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 49 backup crewmembers Mark Vande Hei of NASA (left) and Alexander Misurkin (center) and Nikolai Tikhonov (right) of Roscosmos pose for pictures Sept. 9 in front of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft during a pre-launch training fit check. They will back up the prime crewmembers, Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, who will launch Sept. 24, Kazakh time on the Soyuz MS-02 vehicle for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

10-13-43-3:At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft during a dress rehearsal fit check” May 16. The trio will launch from Baikonur on May 29, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

STS-131 water survival training. Photo Date: September 17, 2009. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

S88-45002 (August 1988) --- These five astronauts will fly aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis for the STS-27 mission. They are (seated left to right) astronauts Guy S. Gardner, Robert L. Gibson and Jerry L. Ross; and (standing, left to right) William M. Shepherd and Richard M. (Mike) Mullane. Gibson is commander; Gardner, pilot; and the other three will serve as mission specialists.

S116-E-06472 (15 Dec. 2006) --- The STS-116 and Expedition 14 crewmembers gather for a group portrait during a joint crew press conference in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. From the left (front row) are European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, Nicholas J. M. Patrick, Joan E. Higginbotham, all STS-116 mission specialists; and William A. (Bill) Oefelein, STS-116 pilot. From the left (center row) are astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialists; and astronaut Mark L. Polansky, STS-116 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 representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer. Shortly after the two spacecraft do

PHOTO DATE: 01-22-14LOCATION: Bldg. 2N, Press Conf. Room SUBJECT: Expedition 40 (Soyuz 38) press conference with Steve Swanson

Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox, left, NASA International Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, right, celebrate their mission onboard an aircraft flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow on Tuesday, May 4, 2003.

JSC2011-E-215050 (15 Aug. 2011) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Suni Williams, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (center) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, all Expedition 30 backup crew members, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait.

The STS-27 crew portrait features 5 astronauts. Seated, left to right, are Jerry L. Ross, mission specialist; Guy S. Gardner, pilot; and Robert L. Gibson, commander. On the back row, left to right, are mission specialists Richard M. Mullane, and William M. Shepherd. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on December 2, 1988 at 9 30 34 am (EST), the STS-27 mission was the third mission dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD).

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