KOROLEV, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 02: In this handout from NASA, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (L) and Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation, John Beyrle arrive at Mission Control Center Moscow on October 2, 2009 in Korolev, Russia. The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) marking the start of Expedition 21 with Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Lalibert. Lalibert will return to Earth with the Expedition 20 crew on October 11. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

KOROLEV, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 02: In this handout from NASA, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (L) and Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation, John Beyrle arrive at Mission Control Center Moscow on October 2, 2009 in Korolev, Russia. The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) marking the start of Expedition 21 with Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Lalibert. Lalibert will return to Earth with the Expedition 20 crew on October 11.

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  1. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: Mike Leinbach, NASA shuttle launch director, addresses the media during the Space Shuttle Atlantis post-landing press conference at Kennedy Space Center November 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts completed an eleven day mission to the International Space Station.
  2. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations, addresses the media during the Space Shuttle Atlantis post-landing press conference at Kennedy Space Center November 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts completed an eleven day mission to the International Space Station.
  3. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: (L-R) Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations, Mike Moses, space shuttle launch integration manager, and Mike Leinbach, NASA shuttle launch director address the media during the Space Shuttle Atlantis post-landing press conference at Kennedy Space Center November 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts completed an eleven day mission to the International Space Station.
  4. A NASA technician heads up a walkway to work on the space shuttle Atlantis after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  5. Space shuttle Atlantis commander Charles Hobaugh (R) hugs NASA administrator Charles Hobaugh after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  6. NASA administrator Charles Bolden (C) talks with NASA contractors on the runway following the landing of space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  7. NASA administrator Charles Bolden looks over the space shuttle Atlantis on the runway following landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  8. NASA administrator Charles Bolden (R) talks with space shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach following the landing of space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  9. BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - SPETEMBER 30: Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, top, Spaceflight Participant Guy Lalibert, middle, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz launch pad prior shortly before their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-16 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan September 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is carrying Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and space tourist, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Lalibert, to the International Space Station.
  10. European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (C) answers a question during an in-flight news conference from the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV October 6, 2009. Joining De Winne are (L-R back row) Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko, Maxim Suraev, Nicole P. Stott, Jeffrey N. Williams and(L-R front row) Padalka, Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberte, De Winne, and Michael R. Barratt.
  11. Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberte (L) answers a question during an in-flight news conference from the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV October 6, 2009. Joining Laliberte are (L-R back row) Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko, Maxim Suraev, Nicole P. Stott, Jeffrey N. Williams and(L-R front row) Padalka, Lalibert�, European space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, and Michael R. Barratt.
  12. Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberte (L) answers a question during an in-flight news conference from the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV October 6, 2009. Joining Laliberte are (L-R back row) Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko, Maxim Suraev, Nicole P. Stott, Jeffrey N. Williams and (L-R front row) Padalka, Lalibert�, European space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, and Michael R. Barratt.
  13. Commander Gennady I. Padalka (L) answers a question during an in-flight news conference from the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV October 6, 2009. Crewmembers present (L-R back row) Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko, Maxim Suraev, Nicole P. Stott, Jeffrey N. Williams and(L-R front row) Padalka, Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberte, European space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, and Michael R. Barratt.
  14. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (L) answers a question during an in-flight news conference from the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV October 6, 2009. Joining Thirsk are (L-R back row) Roman Romanenko, Maxim Suraev, Nicole P. Stott, Jeffrey N. Williams and (L-R front row) Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Spaceflight Participant Guy Lalibert�, European space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, and Michael R. Barratt.
  15. KOROLEV, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 02: In this handout from NASA, Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov (2nd-R), talks to the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) at Mission Control Center Moscow on October 2, 2009 in Korolev, Russia. The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) marking the start of Expedition 21 with Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Lalibert. Lalibert will return to Earth with the Expedition 20 crew on October 11.
  16. KOROLEV, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 02: In this handout from NASA, Spaceflight Participant Guy Lalibert poses as the entire crew onboard the International Space Station (ISS) is displayed on a screen at Mission Control Center Moscow on October 2, 2009 in Korolev, Russia. The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) marking the start of Expedition 21 with Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Lalibert. Lalibert will return to Earth with the Expedition 20 crew on October 11.

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