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The four members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station pose together for an official crew portrait. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins, Pilot and Commander respectively, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut and Mision Specialist Joshua Kutryk.

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA's Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken on July 3, 2024, from the orbital complex as it soared 256 miles above the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai, India.

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