Soyuz TMA-17/21S Relocation

ISS023-E-041848 (12 May 2010) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station during the relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module aft port, freeing up Zarya?s nadir port for the installation of the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) during the upcoming STS-132/ULF-4 mission. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz and Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers, undocked the Soyuz spacecraft at 8:26 a.m. (CDT) and docked it to Zvezda at 8:53 a.m. on May 12, 2010. Another Russian spacecraft, currently docked with the station, is visible at top.