Fresh Fruit Arrives on Russian Progress 81 Cargo Ship | International Space Station

Fresh Fruit Arrives on Russian Progress 81 Cargo Ship | International Space Station

Pictured clockwise from left are, Roscosmos Flight Engineers Sergey Korsakov and Denis Matveev; NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Watkins and Kjell Lindgren; European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer Samantha Cristofretti; and Roscosmos Commander Oleg Artemyev.

Pictured from left are, Roscosmos Flight Engineer Sergey Korsakov; European Space Agency Flight (ESA) Engineer Samantha Cristofretti; Roscosmos Flight Engineer Denis Matveev; and NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines.

Expedition 67 crew members pose with fresh fruit flying weightlessly in microgravity delivered recently aboard the Progress 81 (81P) cargo craft. The 81P docked to the Zvezda service module's rear port aboard the International Space Station after a three-and-half-hour trip that began with a launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: June 3, 2022

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