The Soyuz TMA-14M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 carrying Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos More
The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Nov. 24 and will carry Exped More
The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad by train on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Nov. 24 an More
Workers prepare to raise the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft into the vertical position on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Nov. 24 and will c More
The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is seen after the gantry arms closed to secure the rocket on the launch pad on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is schedu More
The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is seen after being raised into a vertical position on the launch pad on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for More
The gantry arms close around the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft to secure the rocket at the launch pad on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for N More
The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is raised into position on the launch pad Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Nov. 24 and will carry Expediti More
The Soyuz rocket is prepared to be rolled out by train to the launch pad on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft, scheduled to launch Nov. 24, will carry More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts (left), answers a question during a press conference on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. He is seen with fellow crew member Soyu More
Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) speaks with friends and family through glass at the conclusion of the press conference, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel More
NASA Expedition 42 backup crew member, Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), answers a question during a press conference Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 at the Cosmonaut Hotel i More
An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Nov. 24 and will carry Expedition 42 More
Expedition 42 prime crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) (center), and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforett More
Expedition 42 backup crew member Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 42 to the International Space Station, Saturday, Nov. More
Expedition 42 backup crew members, Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) (center), and Flight Engineeer Kimiya Yui of the More
Oleg Ostapenko, General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), makes remarks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 42 to the International Space Statio More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA answers a question during a press conference on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled More
An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Saturday Nov. 22, 2014, in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Nov. 24 and will carry Expedition 42 Soyu More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) (center), and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Sp More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer, Terry Virts of NASA, speaks from behind glass, while in quarantine, during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 42 to the International Space Sta More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) (center), and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti (right) of the Eur More
Expedition 42 prime crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA (far left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) (second left), and Flight Engineer Samantha Cri More
Michael Suffredini, NASA International Space Station Program Manager, speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 42 to the International Space Station, Saturday, Nov. 2 More
Family visits with Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) through glass at the conclusion of the press conference, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at the Cosmona More
Expedition 42 prime crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA (far left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)(second left), and Flight Engineer Samantha Cris More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) answers a question during a press conference on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. L More
Manager of International Space Station Operations, Bernardo Patti, of the European Space Agency (ESA), speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 42 to the Internationa More
Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz roc More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander An More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA gives a thumbs up while waiting for a pressure check of his Sokol suit in Building 254 following his suit up for launch, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at the Baikonur More
Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft on Su More
Expedition 42 crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Ba More
Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) waves farewell to family and friends as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit up for the Soyuz launch to the Inter More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) waits for a pressure check of her Sokol suit in Building 254 following her suit up for launch, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at t More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Spac More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, waves farewell to family and friends as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit up for the Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2 More
Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is helped up after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz TM More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA waits for a pressure check of his Sokol suit in Building 254 following his suit up for launch, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. More
Expedition 42 crew members, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), left, Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), center, and Flight More
Expedition 42 crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of th More
Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) waves to friends and family as he has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), presses her hands against the bus window as she departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit up for the Soyuz launch to the Intern More
The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is seen on the launch pad just prior to launch on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Nov. More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket wi More
The Soyuz TMA-15M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 carrying Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Fli More
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 Agen More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, takes a quick glimpse up at the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft before boarding to launch with fellow crewmates Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian More
The Soyuz TMA-15M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 as seen in this long exposure carrying Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal More
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti, of the European Space Agency (ESA), left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Terr More
Dara Entekhabi, SMAP science team lead, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, center, speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, Thursday, Jan. 08, 2 More
Dara Entekhabi, SMAP science team lead, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, Thursday, Jan. 08, 2015, at More
Christine Bonniksen, SMAP program executive with the Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters, left, Kent Kellogg, SMAP project manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), seco More
Kent Kellogg, SMAP project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, Thursday, Jan More
Brad Doorn, SMAP applications lead, Science Mission Directorate’s Applied Sciences Program at NASA Headquarters speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) miss More
Christine Bonniksen, SMAP program executive with the Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters speaks during a briefing about the upcoming launch of the Soil Moisture Active Pass More
The Soyuz TMA-20M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Saturday, March 19, 2016 carrying Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NAS More
nhq201704170018 (April 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is schedul More
nhq201704170005 (April 16, 2017) --- The moon is seen as the Soyuz rocket is prepared to be rolled out to the launch pad on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-04 space More
nhq201704170020 (April 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is schedul More
nhq201704170019 (April 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is schedul More
nhq201704170015 (April 16, 2017) --- Russian security officers inspect the tracks before the Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The More
nhq201704170026 (April 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is schedul More
nhq201704170038 (April 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft is raised into position on the launch pad Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled More
nhq201704170029 (April 16, 2017) --- The Expedition 51 backup crew, Soyuz Commander Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, left, and.Flight Engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, right, are photographed in front of the Soyuz More
nhq201704170027 (April 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft arrives at the launch pad after being rolled there by train on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyu More
nhq201704170009 (April 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is schedul More
nhq201704170030 (April 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad by train on Monday, April 17, 2017, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz More
nhq201704170033 (April 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad by train on Monday, April 17, 2017, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz More