The STS-124 and Expedition 17 crewmembers greet each other shortly after Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station docked in space and the hatches were opened on June 2, 2008. Visible in the photo are Astronaut Ronald J. Garan Jr., STS-124 mission specialist (partially visible), Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg, STS-124 mission specialist, Astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff, Mission specialist, Astronaut Garrett E. Reisman, Expedition 17 flight engineer and Cosmonauts Sergei A. Volkov, Expedition 17 commander, and Oleg D. Kononenko, Expedition 17 flight engineer, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency .
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The STS-124 and Expedition 17 crewmembers greet each other shortly after Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station docked in space and the hatches were opened on June 2, 2008. Visible in the photo are Astronaut Ronald J. Garan Jr., STS-124 mission specialist (partially visible), Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg, STS-124 mission specialist, Astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff, Mission specialist, Astronaut Garrett E. Reisman, Expedition 17 flight engineer and Cosmonauts Sergei A. Volkov, Expedition 17 commander, and Oleg D. Kononenko, Expedition 17 flight engineer, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency .