Full colour 8x10 image of Expedition 18 Crewmembers

(21 May 2008) --- NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff (left), Sandra Magnus and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, all Expedition 18 flight engineers, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a group portrait. Chamitoff will launch to the International Space Station on the STS-124 mission, joining Expedition 17 in progress and will provide Expedition 18 with an experienced flight engineer for the first part of its increment. Magnus is scheduled to join Expedition 18, replacing Chamitoff, as flight engineer after launching to the station on mission STS-126. Wakata is scheduled to join Expedition 18, replacing Magnus, as flight engineer after launching to the station on mission STS-119.