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Expedition 30 Russian Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov work during their spacewalk outside the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV February 16, 2012. The spacewalkers will move one of the two Strela cranes from the Pirs Docking Compartment as they...

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Expedition 30 Russian Flight Engineer Anton Shkaplerov works in view of Oleg Kononenko's helmet camera during their spacewalk outside the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV February 16, 2012. The spacewalkers will move one of the two Strela cranes from the Pirs...

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In this still image taken from NASA TV the Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking carrying European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko December 23, 2011.

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit is seen inside the Soyuz capsule as he launches to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in this still image taken from NASA TV December 21, 2011. A trio of astronauts blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on Wednesday...

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The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and the European Space Agency's Andre Kuipers launches to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in this still image take from NASA TV December 21, 2011.

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This video image taken from NASA TV shows Russian Anton Shkaplerov celebrating as he is greeted by the International Space Station (ISS) crew after the Soyuz capsule successfully docked with the ISS, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. The International Space Station got three new crew members...

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In an image made from NASA TV, the Atlantis is docked to the Internatonal Space Station early Tuesday July 18, 2011 with the Earth behind it. Atlantis is scheduled to undock Tuesday as the final space shuttle mission returns to Florida.

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The newly arrived International Space Station crew members talk to well-wishers from inside the Rassvet mini-research module of the station after docking in this still image from NASA TV December 23, 2011. Seen here are (front L-R) Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Don...

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The Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen docked to the International Space Station with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko aboard awaiting hatch opening between the two spacecraft in this still image taken from...

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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (L) and the European Space Agency's Andre Kuipers (top) are seen inside the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule as they launch to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Don Pettit (not pictured) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in this still image...

Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

In this image from NASA TV space shuttle Endeavour Commander Mark Kelly (C), Pilot Greg Johnson (L) and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan (R) watch dried fruit float as they answer questions from a gathering of 100 local public school students from the Tucson, Arizona area, May 27,...

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In this image provided by NASA TV astronaut Andrew Feustel, top center, starts work during the first spacewalk Friday May 20, 2011. According to NASA this is the 245th spacewalk conducted by U.S. astronauts. The astronauts will retrieve three experiments outside the station, install a...

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In a frame grab made from NASA TV, space shuttle Discovery backs away from the the International Space Station after undocking for the last time Monday, March 7, 2011. Discovery is due back on Earth on Wednesday. It's being retired after touchdown and sent to the Smithsonian Institution...

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In this frame grab made from NASA TV, space shuttle mission specialist Stephen Bowen works at the end of a robotic arm during a spacewalk with mission specialist Alvin Drew, unseen, at the International Space Station Tuesday, March 2, 2011. It is the final spacewalk of the mission and...

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In this frame grab made from NASA TV, space shuttle mission specialists Alvin Drew, left, and Stephen Bowen, make one final spacewalk of the mission and the final one involving Discovery at the International Space Station Tuesday, March 2, 2011.

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Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov works outside the International Space Station in this view from the helmet camera of fellow spacewalker Alexander Samokutyaev, in this image from NASA TV August 3, 2011. The cosmonauts will move a cargo boom from one airlock to another and install a...

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Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev work outside the Piers airlock during their spacewalk outside the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV August 3, 2011. The cosmonauts will move a cargo boom from one airlock to another and install a prototype...

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Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (L) and Alexander Samokutyaev are pictured in a graphic for their spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) in this image from NASA TV August 3, 2011. The cosmonauts will move a cargo boom from one airlock to another, install a prototype laser...

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People gather inside Johnson Space Center's mission control to say their farewells and commemorate the end of the space shuttle program in Florida in this still image taken from NASA TV July 21, 2011. The space shuttle Atlantis glided home through a moonlit sky for its final landing at...

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People gather inside Johnson Space Center's mission control to say their farewells and commemorate the end of the space shuttle program in this image from NASA TV July 21, 2011.

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The space shuttle Atlantis sits on the runway in the early morning light after a night landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this image from NASA TV July 21, 2011. The space shuttle Atlantis glided home through a moonlit sky for its final landing at the Kennedy Space Center...

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The space shuttle Atlantis makes a night landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this image from NASA TV July 21, 2011.

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The earth provides a background for this view of the space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay as it orbits the earth in this image from NASA TV July 20, 2011.

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Space shuttle Atlantis Commander Chris Ferguson (L) reaches in to tame the zero-G hairdo of fellow astronaut Sandy Magnus after a question about her hair from a reporter during the last crew news conference from a shuttle in this image from NASA TV July 20, 2011. Joining Ferguson and...

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The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis (L-R) Commander Chris Ferguson, Sandy Magnus, Rex Walheim and Pilot Doug Hurley wave farewell at the end of the last crew news conference from aboard a shuttle in this image from NASA TV July 20, 2011.