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NASA image: Expedition 69 Flight Engineers play chess with NASA mission controllers
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Apr 17, 2023

Expedition 69 Flight Engineers play chess with NASA mission controllers

iss069e003900 (April 17, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg (center) makes a...

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NASA image: Expedition 69 Flight Engineers play chess with NASA mission controllers
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Apr 17, 2023

Expedition 69 Flight Engineers play chess with NASA mission controllers

iss069e003898 (April 17, 2023) --- (From left) Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Woody Hoburg (both from...

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NASA image: Chamitoff plays chess in the Node 2 during Expedition 17
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Jul 19, 2008

Chamitoff plays chess in the Node 2 during Expedition 17

ISS017-E-011574 (19 July 2008) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, smiles for a photo...

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NASA image: Chamitoff plays chess in the Node 2 during Expedition 17
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Jul 19, 2008

Chamitoff plays chess in the Node 2 during Expedition 17

ISS017-E-011577 (19 July 2008) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, ponders his next...

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NASA image: Expedition 65 Preflight
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Apr 3, 2021

Expedition 65 Preflight

Expedition 65 prime crew members NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, plays a game of chess with his crew mate...

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NASA image: jsc2017e137337 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Scott Tingle of NASA plays a game of chess Dec. 11 during a break in his pre-launch training. Tingle, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace E
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Dec 11, 2017

jsc2017e137337 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Scott Tingle of NASA plays a game of chess Dec. 11 during a break in his pre-launch training. Tingle, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace E

jsc2017e137337 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember...

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NASA image: At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA (left) and her backup, NASA���s Peggy Whitson (right) share a game of chess June 30 during pre-launch activities. Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Alexander Vysotsky.
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Jun 30, 2016

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA (left) and her backup, NASA���s Peggy Whitson (right) share a game of chess June 30 during pre-launch activities. Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Alexander Vysotsky.

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA (left) and her...

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Apr 28, 2023

Space to Ground: Checkmate: April 28, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.

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NASA image: At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) tries his hand at billiards June 30 during pre-launch activities as his crewmate, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos looks on. In the background on the left, backup crewmember Peggy Whitson of NASA participates in a game of chess. Onishi, Ivanishin and Kate Rubins of NASA will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Alexander Vysotsky.
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Jun 30, 2016

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) tries his hand at billiards June 30 during pre-launch activities as his crewmate, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos looks on. In the background on the left, backup crewmember Peggy Whitson of NASA participates in a game of chess. Onishi, Ivanishin and Kate Rubins of NASA will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Alexander Vysotsky.

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace...

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Mar 7, 2019

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At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA (left),...

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Nov 10, 2016

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At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 50-51 crewmembers Thomas Pesquet of the...

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Apr 1, 2020

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jsc2020e016962 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmember Chris...

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Jul 16, 2023

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iss069e031967 (July 15, 2023) --- From left, Expedition 69 Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Flight...

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NASA image: Expedition 64 Preflight
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Oct 6, 2020

Expedition 64 Preflight

Expedition 64 crew member Kate Rubins of NASA plays a game of chess, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel...

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NASA image: Expedition 64 Preflight
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Oct 6, 2020

Expedition 64 Preflight

Expedition 64 backup crew member Petr Dubrov of Roscosmos plays a game of Chess, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the...

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NASA image: jsc2020e016958
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Apr 1, 2020

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jsc2020e016958 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 backup crewmembers...

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NASA image: jsc2019e053719
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Sep 18, 2019

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jsc2019e053719 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir...

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May 29, 2018

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jsc2018e050825 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 crewmembers Alexander...

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NASA image: Expedition 49 Preflight
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Sep 16, 2016

Expedition 49 Preflight

Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos play chess at the...

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Dec 13, 2012

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At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA...

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NASA image: jsc2020e016961
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Apr 1, 2020

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jsc2020e016961 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmember Chris...

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Mar 15, 2018

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jsc2018e025551 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Oleg...

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Oct 17, 2012

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Taking time out from training, Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA (left) and backup Flight Engineer...

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NASA image: jsc2020e016960
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Apr 1, 2020

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jsc2020e016960 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris...

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