Russian cosmonaut
Oleg Kotov (center),
Expedition 22 flight engineer and
Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut
T.J. Creamer (left) and
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut
Soichi Noguchi, both Expedition 22/23 flight engineers, pose for a portrait following an Expedition 22/23 preflight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi are scheduled to launch to the
International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in December 2009.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the
Soviet/
Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The
SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
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