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Soyuz TMA-05M Departs International Space Station
Credit: NASA
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft departs from the International Space Station and heads toward a landing in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Nov. 19, 2012 (Kazakhstan time). NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, are returning from four months onboard the space station where they served as members of the Expedition 32 and 33 crews.
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Soyuz TMA-05M Re-Entry Plasma Streak
Credit: NASA
Soyuz TMA-05M (descent module) beginning to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere on Nov. 19 (real time, Nov. 18, U.S. time) leaving a plasma trail as the Expedition 33 crew streaked toward a pre-dawn landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan northeast of Arkalyk.
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Space Triathlon Runner Sunita Williams
Credit: NASA TV
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams completed a triathlon from space Sept. 16, 2012, using an orbital treadmill to complete the running portion, a stationary bicycle for the biking leg, and a resistance machine to simulate swimming.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams Takes ISS Command
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (front left) takes command of the International Space Station from cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (front right) during a ceremony marking the start of the Expedition 33 increment aboard the space station on Sept. 15, 2012.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams and Spacesuit
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer and commander of the International Space Station's Expedition 33 crew, poses for a photo with her spacesuit ahead of an Aug. 30, 2012, spacewalk.
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Space Station Expedition 33 Crew Photo
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The International Space Station's Expedition 33 crew. From left: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Japannese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy and NASA astronaut Kevin Ford.
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Expedition 33 Patch
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The Expedition 33 patch depicts the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting around the Earth, and into the future. Image released December 2011.
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Expedition 32/33 Crew Launch
Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 15, 2012.
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Expedition 32/33 Launch
Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 15, 2012. Crewmembers for Expeditions 32 & 33 were flying to the International Space Station.
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Expedition 32/33 Crew Preflight
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Expedition 32/33 crew members leave building 254 following their suited up for launch July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Space Fish Habitat Air Injection
Credit: JAXA
The grid structure at the upper side of each Aquatic Habitat, an aquarium for the International Space Station, captures air in each grid, while preventing water from escaping. Air will be injected with special syringe by the crew prior to the start of an investigation in 2012.
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Fish Headed for Space Station
Credit: JAXA
The above image shows an Aquatic Habitat, or AQH, specimen chamber housing Medaka fish for study on the International Space Station during the Expedition 33/34 mission in 2012.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams: Expedition 33
Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Expedition 33 commander Sunita Williams smiles for the camera after signing one of the doors at the Cosmonaut Hotel (a prelaunch tradition) on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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Sunita Williams Bids Adieu: Expedition 33
Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Expedition 33 commander Sunita Williams of NASA waves goodbye after leaving the Cosmonaut Hotel, Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, ahead of her launch to the International Space Station. Williams is also a member of the forthcoming Expedition 33 crew.
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Expedition 33/34 Crew Members
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NASA astronaut Kevin Ford (left), Expedition 33 flight engineer and Expedition 34 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy (center) and Evgeny Tarelkin, both Expedition 33/34 flight engineers, pose for a portrait following an Expedition 33/34 preflight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Image released July 26, 2012.
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Astronaut Ford in Spacesuit Fit Check
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NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 33 flight engineer and Expedition 34 commander, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Technicians assisted Ford. Image released June 25, 2012.
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Expedition 33 Routine Operations Training Session
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NASA astronaut Kevin Ford (second right), Expedition 33 flight engineer and Expedition 34 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin (left) and Oleg Novitskiy, both Expedition 33/34 flight engineers, participate in a routine operations training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Crew instructor Clinton Balmain (right) assisted the crew members. Photo released July 20, 2012.
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Expedition 33/34 Cake-Cutting Ceremony
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NASA astronaut Kevin Ford (center), Expedition 33 flight engineer and Expedition 34 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy (right) and Evgeny Tarelkin, both Expedition 33/34 flight engineers, are pictured during a cake-cutting ceremony in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Image released July 27, 2012.
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Williams and Malenchenko Work at ISS Zvezda Service Module
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, work in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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Expedition Crew Members Pose After Changing-of-Command Ceremony
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Expedition 31/32 and Expedition 32/33 crew members pose for a group portrait in the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module following the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 32 to Expedition 33. Pictured on the front row are NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, both Expedition 33 flight engineers; NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin, both Expedition 32 flight engineers.
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Expedition Crew Poses Following Changing-of-Command Ceremony
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Expedition 31/32 and Expedition 32/33 crew members pose for a group portrait in the International Space Station's 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.
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Sunita Williams Exercises on Cycle Ergometer
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while participating in the first triathlon in space simultaneously with athletes in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon held in Southern California.
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Sunita Williams Exercises in Destiny Laboratory
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while participating in the first triathlon in space simultaneously with athletes in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon held in Southern California.
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Expedition 33 Crew During Fit Check
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 33 crew share a playful moment Oct. 10, 2012 during the first of two so-called “fit check” dress rehearsal sessions. From left to right are Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin and NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford.
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Expedition 33 Crew Participate in Ceremony
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
The Expedition 33 prime and backup crew members participated in ceremonies outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Oct. 11, 2012 highlighted by the traditional raising of the flags of the United States, Russia and Kazakhstan.
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Cosmonaut Hotel Crew Quarters
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 33 Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy (center) practices docking techniques on a laptop computer simulator as Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center instructors look on Oct. 17, 2012.
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Expedition 33 Members Play Chess
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Taking time out from training, Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA (left) and backup Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin (right) play a game of chess at their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Oct. 17, 2012.
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A Prelaunch Tradition
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Fulfilling a long-standing prelaunch tradition, Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy (center) and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA (right) stand by trees they planted in their names behind the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Oct. 17, 2012.
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Floating Freely
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, is pictured floating freely in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station. on Oct. 14, 2012.
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Writing on the Wall Before Expedition 33 Launch
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 18, 2012, Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford signs his name on the wall bearing the names of all crew members who have been launched from Baikonur in Soyuz vehicles.
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A Mannequin Wearing a Spacesuit
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
The Expedition 33 prime and backup crews smile for photographers as they visit a mannequin wearing a Russian spacesuit in the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 18, 2012.
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Expedition 33 Crew Members in Front of Yuri Gagarin's Cottage
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
The Expedition 33 prime and backup crews pose for pictures on Oct. 18, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in front of the famed cottage where Yuri Gagarin slept the night before his launch April 12, 1961 aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft to become the first human to fly in space.
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Expedition 33 Soyuz Rollout
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Soyuz rocket is ready to be erected into position after being rolled out to the launch pad by train, on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for October 23 and will send Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
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Expedition 33 Crew With Capsule
Credit: S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia"
The three members of Expedition 33 pose wearing their spacesuits in front of the Soyuz capsule that will transport them to the International Space Station. L to R: American astronaut Kevin Ford (of NASA), Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin. Image released Oct. 10, 2012.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams Interview
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Expedition 33 commander Sunita "Suni" Williams takes part in an interview with collectSPACE.com from on board the International Space Station on Oct. 19, 2012.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams Snaps a Photo of SpaceX's Dragon
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, uses a still camera to photograph the Canadarm2 robotic arm's Latching End Effector (LEE) from a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station on Oct. 16, 2012.
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Suni Williams Photographs Dragon Approach
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, commander of the International Space Station's Expedition 33 mission, snaps photos of the approaching SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in this still from a TV camera taken on Oct. 10, 2012, as the Dragon capsule neared the station.
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Sunita Williams, Joe Acaba and Aki Hoshide
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NASA astronauts Sunita Williams (left) and Joe Acaba (center), along with Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide, float inside the International Space Station's cupola in August 2012.
