Space Station's Expedition 34 Mission in Photos

Astronaut Ron Garan Addresses NASA's Google+ Hangout

NASA

Astronaut Ron Garan addresses NASA's online Google+ Hangout with the Expedition 34 astronauts on Feb. 22, 2013.

Astronaut Nicole Stott Addresses NASA's Google+ Hangout

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Astronaut Nicole Stott addresses viewers participating in the online Google+ Hangout with the Expedition 34 astronauts on the International Space Station, Feb. 22, 2013.

Christmas in Space 2012: Carols and Sights

Chris Hadfield/Canadian Space Agency

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield strums a guitar while playing Christmas carols and gazing at Earth from the International Space Station in December 2012.

Christmas in Space 2012: The Tree

Chris Hadfield/Canadian Space Agency

A close-up of the space station Christmas tree, snapped by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield during the Expedition 34 mission in 2012.

Christmas in Space 2012: Zero-G Stockings

Chris Hadfield/Canadian Space Agency

Christmas stockings for the six-man Expedition 34 crew decorate the International Space Station in December 2012. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield snapped this photo: "Our stockings are hung by the Node 3 hatch with care, in hope that St Nicklaus has a big red spacesuit."

Space Christmas for Expedition 34

NASA TV

Christmas in space: NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, commander of the Expedition 34 crew on the International Space Station, wishes the world a Merry Christmas from orbit with a cosmic Christmas tree.

Merry Christmas From Space: Expedition 34

NASA TV

The six-man crew of the International Space Station (including a bearded Father Christmas) wishes Mission Control a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays on Dec. 25, 2012, during the Expedition 34 mission.

Flags of Expedition 34 on the International Space Station

Chris Hadfield (via Twitter as @Cmdr_Hadfield)

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo on Jan. 2, 2012. He wrote: "I'm very proud to have my country's flag on the wall of the Space Station, especially in such honourable company. pic.twitter.com/MAZEJFH9"

Marshburn Uses Body Mass Measurement Device

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Newly arrived Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn, NASA astronaut, uses the Body Mass Measurement Device in the Zvezda service module aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 23, 2012.

Chris Hadfield in ISS Sleep Pod

"Inside my Sleep Pod - it serves as my bedroom, recording studio, and twitter zone while on the Space Station. pic.twitter.com/Mw7FeHVB"

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo on Jan. 2, 2012. He wrote: "Inside my Sleep Pod - it serves as my bedroom, recording studio, and twitter zone while on the Space Station. pic.twitter.com/Mw7FeHVB"

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