Referencing the patch on Mr Kelly's right shoulder, is that a single mission patch, or 3 single mission patches overlayed on one another?I zoomed in to attempt to view, but it ended up pixelated and could not read it.
The person who got screwed in all of this was Whitson, who resigned as Chief Astro in order to be considered for the year-long mission, but was DQ'ed b/c of the length of her prior stay at ISS (the radiation limits are tighter for female astronauts). Reading between the likes, her candidacy was based on the assumption that NASA would relax the standards, but they did not.
I see Spacefacts.de has Whitson on 50, but NASA's web page only has assignments out to 48 -- has there been any sign that she has been selected - frequent flyer miles between Houston and GCTC? Although a 6-month stay makes sense in that it would keep her below the rad limit (it's not quite days on-orbit, as the exposure varies with the solar cycle).