Heading for the International Space Station

The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010.

Crew poses for group picture in front of thieir Soyuz booster rocket

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the prime and backup crews to join Expedition 24 on the International Space Station pose for a picture in front of their Soyuz booster rocket in its integration building June 11, 2010. From left to right are prime crew members Doug Wheelock, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Shannon Walker, with backup crew members Cady Coleman, Dmitri Kondratiev and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency. Wheelock, Yurchikhin and Walker.

Countdown from Kazakhstan

Three Expedition 23 crew members wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 2, 2010. Cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov (bottom of steps), Soyuz commander and Expedition 23 flight engineer; and Mikhail Kornienko, flight engineer, along with NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, flight engineer, launched in their Soyuz TMA-18 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 2, 2010

Expedition 24 Heads to the Station

The Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, carrying Expedition 24 NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin to the International Space Station.

Space Station View of Concepcion, Chile after the earthquake

Earthquake damage in Concepcion, Chile is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 22 crew member on the International Space Station. This detailed view of the Chilean cities of Concepcion and Hualpen was acquired from the space station approximately seven hours after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred offshore 115 kilometers to the north-northeast.

Closing in for a space meeting

The onboard camera of space shuttle Endeavour captures the Russian control module Zarya and the U.S. Unity connecting module after they were joined in the shuttle's cargo bay

Just another day at the office

Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev (left) and Space Shuttle Commander Bob Cabana work near the hatch of the Russian Zarya module

A shot of Unity (right) and Zarya modules

Photographed from Endeavour after they were joined by the crew of STS-88, the Unity (right) and Zarya modules are backdropped against the blackness of space.

Three New Expedition 24 Crew Members Welcomed Aboard Station

The new Expedition 24 crew members are welcomed aboard the International Space Station during a ceremony shortly after the hatches between the two vehicles were opened.