International Space Station ISS Expedition 13 NASA Mission Patch
Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes launced with Expedition 13 and returns with Expedition 12.
In Russian Sokol launch and landing suits, the crew of International Space Station Expedition 13. From the left are Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos C. Pontes; Russian cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander, and NASA astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 Flight Engineer and Science Officer. The crew will launch on the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft from Baikonur, Kazakhstan in March 2006. Pontes is flying under a commercial agreement with Russia's Federal Space Agency and will return to Earth April 1 with the Expedition 12 crew that has been on the station since October 2005.
