NASA
astronaut Leroy Chiao captures his reflection in the
faceplate of a space suit in this image taken aboard the International Space
Station (ISS).
Chiao,
commander of the tenth mission to the ISS, is in the final days of his mission
aboard the orbital outpost.
He and ISS
Expedition 10 flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov have lived aboard the space station since October
2004. Later this month, they will relinquish station control to their
successors, Expedition 11 commander Sergei Krikalev and flight engineer John Phillips.
Krikalev
and Phillips are set to launch into space aboard a Soyuz rocket the evening of
Thursday April 14, though it will be April 15 at their Baikonur
Cosmodrome launch pad during liftoff.
Riding
spaceward with the Expedition 11 crew is Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori, of the European Space Agency (ESA), who will spend
a few days conducting experiments aboard the ISS during the crew exchange.
-- SPACE.com
Staff
Credit: NASA/JSC.
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