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Members of the 2017 class of astronaut candidates pause for a group photo on the beach after a familiarization tour...
A members of the 2017 class of astronaut candidates signs her name to a wooden sign inside the Beach House during a...
The STS-130 astronauts celebrate landing with the traditional vehicle 'walkaround' after a successful late-night...
ISS013-E-51306 (14 July 2006) --- Continuing a tradition for visiting shuttle commanders, astronaut Steven W....
S127-E-008612 (25 July 2009) --- Flight day 11 activities for the joint shuttle-station crews included the...
S127-E-008616 (25 July 2009) --- Flight day 11 activities for the joint shuttle-station crews included the...
STS112-E-5184 (11 October 2002) --- Continuing a tradition for visiting shuttle crew commanders, astronaut Jeffrey...
STS087-307-006 (19 November – 5 December 1997) --- One of the crew members' traditional in-flight crew portraits has...
STS106-373-019 (8-20 September 2000) --- Five astronauts and two cosmonauts pose for the STS-106 version of the...
NASA astronaut and Astronaut Office Representative Kjell Lindgren is seen during a traditional tree planting...
Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque...
S127-E-008642 (25 July 2009) --- Flight day 11 activities for the joint shuttle-station crews included the...
NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, left, and Joe Acaba, center, listen as Sergeant Craig Hudson explains the tradition...
S127-E-008609 (25 July 2009) --- Flight day 11 activities for the joint shuttle-station crews included the...
S127-E-008638 (25 July 2009) --- Flight day 11 activities for the joint shuttle-station crews included the...
NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, left, and Joe Acaba, center, listen as Sergeant Craig Hudson explains the tradition...
Expedition 65 prime crew member NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei lays flowers at the site where Russian space icons are...
Expedition 30 ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuipers, center, receives the traditional blessing from a...
S69-40941 (July 1969) --- This picture is of the gold replica of an olive branch, the traditional symbol of peace,...
iss064e040578 (March 9, 2021) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Soichi Noguchi astronaut poses with...
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata is seen during a traditional tree planting ceremony at...
NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, left, and Joe Acaba, center, listen as Sergeant Craig Hudson explains the tradition...
Expedition 65 backup crew member NASA astronaut Anne McClain lays flowers at the site where Russian space icons are...
S126-E-011502 (26 Nov. 2008) --- Continuing a longstanding tradition, astronaut Eric Boe, STS-126 pilot, adds his...