ISS Crew to Return - Expedition 31.

Crew members from Expedition 31 will return from the ISS on July 1.

Image above: Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko (right), commander; and Gennady Padalka, flight engineer. Pictured from the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, all flight engineers. Photo credit: NASA

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Members of the media photograph the Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 

Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

• Expedition 31 Astronauts Pose for Photo [Credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center] Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 31 flight engineer and Expedition 32 commander; along with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin, both Expedition 31/32 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. This image was released Aug. 23, 2011.

• Expedition 31 Patch [Credit: NASA and its International Partners]  Thin crescents along the horizons of Earth and its moon depict International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 31. The shape of the patch represents a view of our galaxy. This image was released September 2012.

• Expedition 31, Base of the Soyuz Rocket [Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls]  Workers at the base of the Soyuz rocket wait for the arrival of Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba is scheduled for 9:01 a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 15.

See more photos from the launch here.