Suggested Searches

1 min read

Return to the Old Stomping Grounds, Five Years Hence

The headshot image of NASA

NASA

Apr 02, 2014
Image Article
Return to the Old Stomping Grounds, Five Years Hence
By the rationale of some observers, this image of Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson could be titled "Return to the Old Stomping Grounds, Five Years Hence."

ISS039-E-005744 (30 March 2014) — By the rationale of some observers, this image of Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson could be titled “Return to the Old Stomping Grounds, Five Years Hence,” except for the fact that it is difficult to stomp in a weightless environment and the fact that the Cupola was not part of the orbital outpost in March of 2009, the last time Swanson visited it. The NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the station on March 27, 2014, and this image of a jubilant Swanson was one of the first showing members of the second aggregate of the Expedition 39 crew.