Crew of the STS-116 shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), departing December 2006. The crew are about to take part in a training s


Crew of the STS-116 shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), departing December 2006. The crew are about to take part in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility to prepare them for the mission. The astronauts are, from left to right: Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist; Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer; William A. Oefelein, pilot; Mark L. Polansky, commander; Joan E. Higginbotham, Nicholas J. M. Patrick and Christer Fuglesang, mission specialists. Photographed on 1st August 2005 at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA.


Size: 3650px × 2425px
Photo credit: © NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., 1st, 2005, 21st, adult, agency, america, american, astronaut, astronomical, astronomy, august, center, century, christer, commander, corps, crew, crewmember, crewmembers, curbeam, discovery, engineer, engineers, entry, esa, european, facility, female, flight, fuglesang, higginbotham, houston, human, international, iss, joan, johnson, launch, male, man, manned, mark, middle-aged, mission, mockup, nasa, nicholas, north, oefelein, patrick, people, person, pilot, polansky, preparation, robert, shuttle, space, spaceflight, spacesuit, spacesuits, specialist, specialists, states, station, sts-116, suit, suits, sunita, technological, technology, texas, united, usa, vehicle, william, williams, woman