The STS-124 and Expedition 17 crewmembers pose for a group portrait following a joint news conference from the newly installed Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. From the left (front row) are NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg,Garrett Reisman,both STS-124 mission specialists; Mark Kelly,STS-124 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei Volkov,Expedition 17 commander; and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum,STS-124 mission specialist. From the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Ron Garan,STS-124 mission specialist; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko,Expedition 17 flight engineer; NASA astronauts Ken Ham,STS-124 pilot; Greg Chamitoff,Expedition 17 flight engineer; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide,STS-124 mission specialist.
