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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Photos of the Day: May 17, 2012

In this image released by NASA, the Expedition 31 crew members are seen on a screen at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev after the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft docked with International Space Station May 17, 2012. Pictured are (L-R back row) Expedition crew members NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Oleg Kononenko of Russia, European Space Agency astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers (L-R front row) Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba. Padalka, Revin and Acaba's arrival to the International Space Station comes two days after they launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.