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In the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 31/32 backup crew participated in Victory Day celebration activities May 9, 2012 as they took a break from training for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-04M May 15 to the International Space Station. Victory Day commemorates the triumph of Russia over Nazi Germany in World War II, one of Russia’s most solemn occasions. From left to right holding flowers are backup NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, backup Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and backup Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin. The prime crew, Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin and NASA’s Joe Acaba, are training for their launch in the Soyuz vehicle on May 15 for a four-month mission on the orbital complex. NASA/Victor Zelentsov jsc2012e051223

In the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 31/32 backup crew ...

In the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 31/32 backup crew participated in Victory Day celebration activities May 9, 2012 as they took a break from training for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-04M May 15... More

Gemini 4 - Prime and Backup Crew

Gemini 4 - Prime and Backup Crew

S64-20199 (10 Sept. 1964) --- View of the Gemini-4 prime crew and backup crew in pressure suits. They are standing around a model of the Gemini spacecraft. From left to right are astronauts Edward H. White II, ... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 - BACKUP CREW - WATER EGRESS - TRAINING - ELLINGTON AFB (EAFB), TX

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 - BACKUP CREW - WATER EGRESS - TRAINING - ELLINGTO...

S65-10118 (1 Feb. 1965) --- The Gemini-6 prime crew, astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (in water), command pilot; and Thomas P. Stafford (on spacecraft), pilot, are pictured during water egress training at Ellin... More

RELAX ON DAY OF FLIGHT (BACKUP CREW) (GT-6) ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC.

RELAX ON DAY OF FLIGHT (BACKUP CREW) (GT-6) ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - ...

Astronauts Young and Virgil I. Grissom relax on the day of the proposed Gemini 6 Mission. CAPE KENNEDY, FL

Gemini 7 backup crew seen in white room during Gemini 7 simulation activity

Gemini 7 backup crew seen in white room during Gemini 7 simulation act...

S65-61837 (27 Nov. 1965) --- The Gemini-7 backup crew seen in the White Room atop Pad 19 during Gemini-7 simulation flight activity. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation technicians assist in the exercise. Astronaut ... More

Apollo 9 backup crew on "Retriever"-Ships

Apollo 9 backup crew on "Retriever"-Ships

S68-51700 (November 1968) --- The backup crew of the Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/ Lunar Module 3/ Saturn 504) space mission stands on the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever (MVR) prior to participating in wat... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Joining the STS-108 crew and Expedition 4 crew, cosmonaut Gennadi Padalka is ready to practice driving an M-113 armored personnel carrier. Padalka completed training in 2000 for a space flight on "Soyuz-TM" transport vehicle as a commander of an ISS contingency crew and is part of a backup crew for the Expedition 4. STS-108 is a Utilization Flight that will carry the replacement Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station, as well as the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, filled with supplies and equipment. The l1-day mission is scheduled for launch Nov. 29 on Space Shuttle Endeavour KSC-01PP1657

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Joining the STS-108 crew and Expedition...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Joining the STS-108 crew and Expedition 4 crew, cosmonaut Gennadi Padalka is ready to practice driving an M-113 armored personnel carrier. Padalka completed training in 2000 for a... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-108 and Expedition 4 crews get emergency egress training on Launch Pad 39B. Seated in the slidewire basket are astronauts Daniel W. Bursch and Carl E. Walz, with Expedition 4 Commander Yuri Onufrienko. Standing in the background are STS-108 Mission Specialists Daniel M. Tani and Linda A. Godwin, and Commander Dominic L. Gorie. At the far right is astronaut Michael Fincke, part of a backup crew for Expedition 4. Crew members are at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that include a simulated launch countdown, plus the emergency exit training from the orbiter and launch pad. STS-108 is a Utilization Flight that will carry the replacement Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station, as well as the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, filled with supplies and equipment. The l1-day mission is scheduled for launch Nov. 29 on Space Shuttle Endeavour KSC-01pp1676

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-108 and Expedition 4 crews get e...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-108 and Expedition 4 crews get emergency egress training on Launch Pad 39B. Seated in the slidewire basket are astronauts Daniel W. Bursch and Carl E. Walz, with Expeditio... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39B, the STS-108 crew, Expedition 4 and a backup crew are trained in using the emergency egress system. In the slidewire basket (foreground) are Expedition 4 members (left to right) Daniel W. Bursch, Carl E. Walz and Commander Yuri Onufrienko. Seen in the background are STS-108 Mission Specialists Daniel M. Tani and Linda A. Godwin, Commander Dominic L. Gorie, backup crew member Michael Fincke, and Pilot Mark E. Kelly. Crew members are at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that include a simulated launch countdown, plus the emergency exit training from the orbiter and launch pad. STS-108 is a Utilization Flight that will carry the replacement Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station, as well as the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, filled with supplies and equipment. The l1-day mission is scheduled for launch Nov. 29 on Space Shuttle Endeavour KSC-01pp1673

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39B, the STS-108 crew, Ex...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39B, the STS-108 crew, Expedition 4 and a backup crew are trained in using the emergency egress system. In the slidewire basket (foreground) are Expedition 4 member... More

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan -- Astronaut Michael Foale (left standing), backup crew for Expedition Seven, talks with astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer for Expedition Seven. Seated on the right is Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition Seven commander. The crew is reviewing documents prior to entering the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check. Malenchenko and Lu were named as the primary crew, Expedition 7, for the launch to the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri and NASA astronaut Michael Foale are the backup crewmembers to Malenchenko and Lu. Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and NASA Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit will return to Earth aboard the Soyuz TMA-1 craft in May 2003. The three Expedition 6 crewmembers were launched on Nov. 23, 2002. They have been aboard the Station since November 25. They were originally scheduled to return in March aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-114 mission. Malenchenko and Lu will continue to operate the science payloads already on board, as well as maintaining the Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls KSC-03pd1268

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan -- Astronaut Michael Foale (left stand...

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan -- Astronaut Michael Foale (left standing), backup crew for Expedition Seven, talks with astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer for Expedition Seven... More

Expedition 14 Crew and Backup Crew Training

Expedition 14 Crew and Backup Crew Training

JSC2006-E-20053 (24 May 2006) --- Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson, Expedition 14 backup flight engineer, participates in Journals experiment overview training in the Flight Operations Facility at Johnson Space Ce... More

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian Spaceflight Participant Sheikh Muszhaphar Shukor and their backup crew are protected behind glass during the State Commission meeting and Press Conference Oct. 09, 2007 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls" 07pd2854

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Comma...

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian Spaceflight Participant Sheikh Muszhaphar Shukor and their backup crew are protected behind glass during... More

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russia

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russ...

JSC2011-E-024234 (22 Oct. 2010) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (center) and Anatoly Ivanishin, all Expedition 27 back... More

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russia

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russ...

JSC2011-E-024236 (22 Oct. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Expedition 27 backup crew member, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to p... More

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russia

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russ...

JSC2011-E-024235 (22 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 27 backup crew member, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a... More

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russia

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russ...

JSC2011-E-024233 (24 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a p... More

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russia

Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russ...

JSC2011-E-024232 (24 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 27 flight engineer and Expedition 28 commander, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training i... More

With her prime crewmates and backup crewmembers looking on, Expedition 32/33 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams of NASA (first row, center) signed a visitors book at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center museum in Star City, Russia June 22, 2012 as part of traditional activities leading to her launch July 15 to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft. Williams will launch along with Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (first row, left) and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko (first row, right). Also participating in the activities were the backup crew on the top row, Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA (top row, left), Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (top row, center) and Roman Romanenko (top row, right). Credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll jsc2012e096280

With her prime crewmates and backup crewmembers looking on, Expedition...

With her prime crewmates and backup crewmembers looking on, Expedition 32/33 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams of NASA (first row, center) signed a visitors book at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center museum in... More

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Canadian Space Agency Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield, one of the members of the Expedition 32/33 backup crew, tests out binoculars July 3, 2012 as part of the pre-launch training that will lead to the launch of the prime crew, Yuri Malenchenko, Sunita Williams of NASA and Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on July 15 to the International Space Station on the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft. NASA/Victor Zelentsov jsc2012e099525

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Canadian Space Agency Flight...

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Canadian Space Agency Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield, one of the members of the Expedition 32/33 backup crew, tests out binoculars July 3, 2012 as part of the pre-launc... More

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA plants a flower at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow where Russian space icons are interred September 25, 2012 as he, Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy participated in traditional ceremonies leading to their launch to the International Space Station October 23 in the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission. In the background, the backup crew, Pavel Vinogradov, Chris Cassidy of NASA and Alexander Misurkin also planted flowers at the Wall, where Russian space icons are interred. NASA/Stephanie Stoll jsc2012e217765

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA plants a flower at...

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA plants a flower at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow where Russian space icons are interred September 25, 2012 as he, Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin and Soyuz Comma... More

JSC2013-E-013369 (February 2013) --- Portrait of Expedition 35 backup crew, attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits. Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov (center) is flanked by backup Flight Engineers Mike Hopkins (left) of NASA and Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center jsc2013e013369

JSC2013-E-013369 (February 2013) --- Portrait of Expedition 35 backup ...

JSC2013-E-013369 (February 2013) --- Portrait of Expedition 35 backup crew, attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits. Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov (center) is flanked by backup Flight Engineers Mike ... More