COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Record
General Description:
International Space Station Imagery
Description:
JSC2005-E-16290 (15 April 2005) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy dons his Russian Sokol spacesuit prior to his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a two-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch occurred at daybreak on April 15, 2005 (Kazakhstan time). Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while Vittori will spend eight days on the ISS under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, returning to Earth with Chiao and Sharipov on April 25. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
image id:
Photo-jsc2005e16290
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Italy
facet_where:
Kazakhstan
facet_where:
Russia
facet_who:
Leroy Chiao
facet_who:
Roberto Vittori
facet_who:
Salizhan Sharipov
facet_when:
15 April 2005
facet_when:
April 15, 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
UID:
SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2005e16290
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