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(19 Dec. 2006) --- The Expedition 14 and STS-116 crew
members gather for a group portrait in the Destiny
laboratory of the International Space Station while Space
Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. From the left
(front row) are astronauts William A. (Bill) Oefelein,
STS-116 pilot; Joan E. Higginbotham and the European Space
Agency's (ESA) Thomas Reiter, both STS-116 mission
specialists. From the left (center row) are astronauts Mark
L. Polansky, STS-116 commander; Robert L. Curbeam Jr.,
Nicholas J. M. Patrick and European Space Agency's (ESA)
Christer Fuglesang, all STS-116 mission specialists. From
the left (back row) are cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition
14 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space
Agency; astronauts Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14
commander and NASA space station science officer; and Sunita
L. Williams, Expedition flight engineer. Shortly after the
two spacecraft docked on Dec. 11, Williams became a member
of the station crew. At the same time, Reiter became a
Discovery crew member for his ride home, completing about
six months in space.
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