Expedition 15 CDR Yurchikhin and Expedition 16 CDR Whitson talk in the US Lab

ISS015-E-34417 (12 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, is pictured during her first hours aboard the International Space Station talking with Russia's Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander. Whitson served a six-month tour of duty on the space station as flight engineer several years ago.