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Expedition 34 Crew Landing
Credit: NASA
Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin (left to right) are scheduled to return to Earth on Friday, March 14, 2013 after a stay on the International Space Station.
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Canada's First ISS Commander Chris Hadfield
Credit: NASA TV
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield (left) accepts command of the International Space Station from NASA astronaut and out-going station commander Kevin Ford, March 13, 2013.
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Dragon Flying Over Africa
Credit: Chris Hadfield / Canadian Space Agency
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule flies over sub-Saharan Africa on its way to the International Space Station on March 3.
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Chris Hadfield with the Dragon
Credit: Chris Hadfield / Canadian Space Agency
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield poses with SpaceX's Dragon capsule after it docked successfully with the space station.
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Chris Hadfield and the Dragon
Credit: Chris Hadfield / Canadian Space Agency
Chris Hadfield took a self portrait with SpaceX's Dragon capsule as it approached the International Space Station before Docking.
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Dragon Above Mount Etna
Credit: Chris Hadfield / Canadian Space Agency
SpaceX's Dragon capsule flies high above Sicily's Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe.
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Robotic Arm Latching on to Dragon
Credit: Chris Hadfield / Canadian Space Agency
The robotic arm on the International Space Station latched on to the front of SpaceX's Dragon unmanned capsule to dock it with the station.
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Dragon Captured by Space Station Robotic Arm
Credit: Chris Hadfield / Canadian Space Agency
SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday (March 3).
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ISS Astronauts Participate in NASA's Google+ Hangout
Credit: NASA
Astronauts Kevin Ford, Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn communicate with social media users in NASA's Google+ Hangout on Feb. 22, 2013.
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Astronaut Marshburn Demonstrates Zero-g Maneuvering
Credit: NASA
NASA Astronaut Marshburn demonstrates how he can orient himself in a zero-g environment without touching anything aboard the ISS. The Google+ Hangout took place on Feb. 22, 2013.
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ISS Astronauts Floating Away After Google+ Hangout
Credit: NASA
Astronauts (L to R) Marshburn, Ford and Hadfield float free aboard the International Space Station at the conclusion of the Google+ Hangout on Feb. 22, 2013.
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Astronaut Ron Garan Addresses NASA's Google+ Hangout
Credit: NASA
Astronaut Ron Garan addresses NASA's online Google+ Hangout with the Expedition 34 astronauts on Feb. 22, 2013.
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Astronaut Nicole Stott Addresses NASA's Google+ Hangout
Credit: NASA
Astronaut Nicole Stott addresses viewers participating in the online Google+ Hangout with the Expedition 34 astronauts on the International Space Station, Feb. 22, 2013.
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Christmas in Space 2012: Carols and Sights
Credit: Chris Hadfield/Canadian Space Agency
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield strums a guitar while playing Christmas carols and gazing at Earth from the International Space Station in December 2012.
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Christmas in Space 2012: The Tree
Credit: Chris Hadfield/Canadian Space Agency
An upside Christmas tree decorates the International Space Station during the Expedition 34 mission in 2012 in this photo snapped by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.
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Christmas in Space 2012: Zero-G Stockings
Credit: Chris Hadfield/Canadian Space Agency
Christmas stockings for the six-man Expedition 34 crew decorate the International Space Station in December 2012. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield snapped this photo: "Our stockings are hung by the Node 3 hatch with care, in hope that St Nicklaus has a big red spacesuit."
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Space Christmas for Expedition 34
Credit: NASA TV
Christmas in space: NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, commander of the Expedition 34 crew on the International Space Station, wishes the world a Merry Christmas from orbit with a cosmic Christmas tree.
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Merry Christmas From Space: Expedition 34
Credit: NASA TV
The six-man crew of the International Space Station (including a bearded Father Christmas) wishes Mission Control a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays on Dec. 25, 2012, during the Expedition 34 mission.
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Flags of Expedition 34 on the International Space Station
Credit: Chris Hadfield (via Twitter as @Cmdr_Hadfield)
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo on Jan. 2, 2012. He wrote: "I'm very proud to have my country's flag on the wall of the Space Station, especially in such honourable company. pic.twitter.com/MAZEJFH9"
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Marshburn Uses Body Mass Measurement Device
Credit: NASA
Newly arrived Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn, NASA astronaut, uses the Body Mass Measurement Device in the Zvezda service module aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 23, 2012.
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Chris Hadfield in ISS Sleep Pod
Credit: "Inside my Sleep Pod - it serves as my bedroom, recording studio, and twitter zone while on the Space Station. pic.twitter.com/Mw7FeHVB"
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo on Jan. 2, 2012. He wrote: "Inside my Sleep Pod - it serves as my bedroom, recording studio, and twitter zone while on the Space Station. pic.twitter.com/Mw7FeHVB"
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Kevin Ford and Ukelele Aboard the ISS
Credit: NASA
On the International Space Station, Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford plays a ukulele on Dec. 23, 2012. On Christmas, the crew members gathered to make music of the season.
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Soyuz Spacecraft Approaches ISS
Credit: NASA
Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft carrying Exp. 34 crew members approached the International Space Station on Dec. 21, 2012.
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Expedition 34 Launch Rocket
Credit: NASA
The Soyuz TMA-07M rocket carrying three spacewalkers to the International Space Station launched early Wednesday (Dec. 19) morning.
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Expedition 34 Crew
Credit: NASA
Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn (right) are scheduled to launch Dec. 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft.
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Expedition 34 Soyuz Rocket Erected
Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
The Soyuz rocket is erected after being rolled out to the launch pad by train on Monday, December 17, 2012, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Expedition 34 Soyuz Rollout in Sunrise
Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
The Soyuz rocket is erected into position after being rolled out to the launch pad by train on Monday, December 17, 2012, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Approaching the Space Station
Credit: NASA
This is one of a series of photos taken by the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station during the March 3 approach, capture and docking of the SpaceX Dragon. Image released March 3, 2013.
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Space Station Approach
Credit: NASA
This is one of a series of photos taken by the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station during the March 3 approach, capture and docking of the SpaceX Dragon.
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Approach, Capture and Docking of the SpaceX Dragon
Credit: NASA
The capsule will begin its scheduled three-week-long stay at the orbiting space station. Image released March 3, 2013.
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SpaceX Dragon and Space Station
Credit: NASA
SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday (March 3).
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Expedition 34 and SpaceX
Credit: NASA
This is one of a series of photos taken by the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station during the March 3 approach, capture and docking of the SpaceX Dragon.
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SpaceX Dragon and Space Station Meet
Credit: NASA
The capsule will begin its scheduled three-week-long stay at the orbiting space station. Image released March 3, 2013.
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SpaceX Up Close In Space
Credit: NASA
SpaceX flies over Earth in this image released March 3, 2013.
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Romanenko Looks Through Water Tank
Credit: NASA
Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Expedition 34 flight engineer, looks through a Rodnik tank in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Image released Dec. 31, 2012.
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Nighttime View of Liege, Belgium
Credit: NASA
A nighttime view of Liege, Belgium is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 34 crew member on the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Expedition 34 flight engineer, looks through a Rodnik tank in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Expedition 34 flight engineer, looks through a Rodnik tank in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Image released Dec. 8, 2012.
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Hadfield Looks Through Water Droplet
Credit: NASA
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 flight engineer, watches a water bubble float freely between him and the camera, showing his image refracted, in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Image released Jan. 21, 2013.
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Astronaut Ford Watches a Water Bubble
Credit: NASA
NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, watches a water bubble float freely between him and the camera, showing his image refracted, in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Image released Jan. 21, 2013.
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London at Nighttime
Credit: NASA
This nocturnal photo of London, England was downlinked by the Expedition 34 crew from the International Space Station, flying approximately 240 miles above Earth, on Feb. 2, 2013.
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Through A Dark Module
Credit: NASA
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy (left) and Roman Romanenko, both Expedition 34 flight engineers, monitor data at the manual TORU docking system controls in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during approach and docking operations of the unpiloted ISS Progress 50 resupply vehicle. Image released Feb. 11, 2013.
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Bay Area at Night
Credit: NASA
One of the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying approximately 240 miles above Earth, exposed this vertical night image of the Bay Area of California, including parts of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland. Image released Jan. 28, 2013.
