ISS018-E-041340 (20 March 2009) --- Expedition 18 crewmembers pose for a group photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) remains docked with the station. From the right are NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, commander; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, both flight engineers; along with NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus, STS-119 mission specialist. Magnus flew to the station on STS-126 to serve as a flight engineer for Expedition 18, and will return to Earth as mission specialist with the STS-119 crew.
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