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Ten astronauts and cosmonauts form a human oval in order to fit into a single frame, onboard Russian Mir Space Station?s Base Block, the traditional in-flight crew portrait. In conventional position mode (from the left) are David A. Wolf, mission specialist and former cosmonaut guest researcher; Pavel V. Vinogradov, Mir-24 flight engineer; Terrence W. Wilcutt, commander; Anatoly Y. Solovyev, Mir-24 commander; and mission specialist Bonnie J. Dunbar, payload commander. Demonstrating the freedom of microgravity, head-to-head with bottom row, are (from the left) Salizan S. Sharipov, mission specialist representing Russian Space Agency (RSA); James F. Reilly, mission specialist; and Joe F. Edwards, Jr., pilot. At 90-degree angle poses are Andrew S. W. Thomas, mission specialist and current cosmonaut guest researcher (top); and Michael P. Anderson, mission specialist.