The Expedition 20 crew pose in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. Clockwise from top are ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, cosmonaut commander Gennady Padalka, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, May 2009.
This was the first permanent six-person crew to stay on the Station and the first time an astronaut from each Station partner was aboard.