PIX4601378: Soyuz TMA-7 ship leaves ISS 04 - 2006 - Soyuz TMA - 7 spaceship is leaving ISS 04 - 2006 - The Soyuz TMA-7 ship, with the crew of Expedition 12 (W.Mc Arthur and V.Tokarev) and Marcos Pontes on board, leaves the International Space Station. 08 - 04 - 2006. Backdropped by a blanket of clouds, the Soyuz TMA - 7 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station carrying astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer; and Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes. Undocking occurred at 2:48 p.m. (CDT) on April 8 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601524: Return to Earth of Anousheh Ansari 29 - 09 - 2006 - Return to Earth of Anousheh Ansari 29 - 09 - 2006 - Return to Earth of Anousheh Ansari, first woman space tourist, on 29 September 2006 after spending 11 days in space, 9 of which aboard the international space station / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601529: Return to Earth of Anousheh Ansari and expedition 13 on 29 - 09 - 2006 - Return to Earth of Anousheh Ansari and expedition 13 on 29 - 09 - 2006 - Return to Earth of Anousheh Ansari, first woman space tourist, on 29 September 2006 after spending 11 days in space, 9 of which aboard the international space station. At Pavel V. Vinogradov center and right Jeffrey N. Williams who spent 183 days in space / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601543: Anousheh Ansari, first woman space tourist, in training. - Anousheh Ansari, first woman space tourist, in training. - Training on the rotating chair 14 - 09 - 2006 in Baikonour. Anousheh Ansari, the first woman space tourist, joined the international space station with Expedition 14 and went on Earth with Expedition 13 (18 - 09 - 2006 to 28 - 09 - 2006) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601550: Anousheh Ansari and Michael E. Lopez - Alegria - Anousheh Ansari and Michael E. Lopez - Alegria - Anousheh Ansari and Michael E. Lopez - Alegria in training in Baikonour on September 4, 2006. Anousheh Ansari, the first woman space tourist, joined the international space station with Expedition 14 and went on Earth with Expedition 13 (18 - 09 - 2006 to 28 - 09 - 2006) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601671: Patrick Forrester extravehicular release 06/2007 - Patrick Forrester extravehicular release. ISS - Expedition 15. 13 June 2007. Anchored to a foot restraint on the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2, astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS - 117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, removed all of the launch locks holding the 10 - foot - wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601755: Extravehicular release of Scott Parazynski 10 - 2007 - Scott Parazynski extravehicular activity 10 - 2007 - Extravehicular release of Scott Parazynski. ISS - Expedition 16. 30 - 10 - 2007 Astronaut Scott Parazynski, STS - 120 mission specialist, participates in the third scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction continues on the International Space Station. During the 7 - hour, 8 - minute spacewalk Parazynski and astronaut Doug Wheelock (out of frame), mission specialist, installed the P6 truss segment with its set of solar arrays to its permanent home, installed a spare main bus switching unit on a stowage platform, and performed a few get - tasks ahead. Also, Parazynski inspected the port Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) to gather comparison data for the starboard rotary joint. Various components of the station are visible in the reflections in Parazynski's helmet visor / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601765: Scott Parazynski's Extravehicular Release 11 - 2007 - Scott Parazynski extravehicular activity 11 - 2007 - Scott Parazynski's extravehicular release to repair the solar panel damaged the International Space Station during its deployment. It stands at the end of the OBSS (Orbiter Boom Sensor System), an extension of the space shuttle's articulated arm. STS-120. 03 - 11 - 2007 3 Nov. 2007. While anchored to a foot restraint on the end of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, astronaut Scott Parazynski, STS - 120 mission specialist, assesses his repair work as the solar array is fully deployed during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the International Space Station. During the 7 - hour, 19 - minute spacewalk, Parazynski cut a snagged wire and installed homemade stabilizers designed to strengthen the damaged solar array's structure and stability in the vicinity of the damage. Astronaut Doug Wheelock (out of frame), mission specialist, assisted from the truss by keeping an eye on the distance between Parazynski and the array / Bridgeman Images