Baikonur, Kazakhstan -  (Left to right) Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain and Valery Korzun, chief of Cosmonauts, arrive in Baikonur.  Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 18 on board a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
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STAR CITY, RUSSIA -  NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (R) along with Russian Space officials welcomes the crew of Expedition Six as they return from Kazakhstan and the landing of their Soyuz capsule. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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KAZAKHSTAN -  From the seat of a Russian Helicopter, Bob Cabana (left), director of Flight Crew Operations, and astronaut Michael Foale (right) look out over the Kazakh terrain for the Expedition Six Soyuz capsule after its landing in Kazakhstan.  The Soyuz was returning the Expedition Six crew after 161 days in space, 159 spent manning the International Space Station.   Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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RUSSIA - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (left),  NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (center) and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (right) celebrate their mission onboard an aircraft flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow.  The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station.   Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN -  One of three local Kazakh girls who were on hand at the Astana airport to welcome the Expedition Six crew with roses after the crew landed on the Kazakh Steppe in their Soyuz capsule.  The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan -  (Left to right) European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri gather on the bus after the flight down from Moscow to Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 18 on board a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
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KAZAKHSTAN - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (left), and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (right) talk about their landing during the flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow.  The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan -  Victor Grin (left), a member of the Russian State Commission, greets (left to right) Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct.18 on board a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
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KAZAKHSTAN -  Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox calls his wife Annie from the airplane prior to departure from Astana, Kazakhstan, to Moscow.  The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN -  Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (center), Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (left) and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (not pictured) are welcomed to Kazakhstan by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev. The Expedition Six Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka trains on a Soyuz simulator at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, April 15, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Preflight Activities
The Soyuz TMA-4 capsule is prepared for mating with its booster rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in preparation for a launch on April 19 of the Expedition 9 crew and a European astronaut to the International Space Station, Friday, April 16, 2004 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Soyuz Assembly
Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 State Commission
American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, left, Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, right, participate in the traditional blessing prior to the bus ride to building 254 where the crew don their spacesuits, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Fincke, Lonchakov and Garriott.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 18 Traditional Blessing
Expedition 13 Science Officer and Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, center, talks with backup crew member Michael Fincke, left, during training at building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Sunday, March 26, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Preflight
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 19 and a spaceflight participant on March 26, 2009.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Soyuz Rollout
American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, left, and Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke answer reporters' questions during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Garriott and Fincke will launch on the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft along with Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov on Oct. 12 and dock with the International Space Station on Oct. 14.  Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth Oct. 24 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 18 Press Conference
The Soyuz TMA-6 vehicle is transported by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 13, 2005, as preparations continued for the April 15 launch to send Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev, Flight Engineer John Phillips and European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, to the International Space Station. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the station, while Vittori spends eight days on the station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Epedition 11 Soyuz Transport
The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft is transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Kazakhstan for an October 10th launch date.  The Soyuz will carry Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station.  Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station.  Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crew members currently on the complex.  Photo Credit:  (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 16 Preflight
Pavel V. Vinogradov, right, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Expedition 13 International Space Station Commander; Marcos Pontes, Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member; and Jeffrey N. Williams, left, Expedition 13 Science Officer and Flight Engineer, waves at media representatives during a tour of the Soyuz assembly building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Sunday, March 26, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Preflight
Expedition 10 Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, left and Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao don their flight suits prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, left, NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, center and Flight Engineer and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands climb the workstand around the Soyuz capsule for their final fit check at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Preflight Activities
The Soyuz TMA-16 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 carrying Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 21 Launches
Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, left, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, right, pose for a photo after they patricipated in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004.  Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
jsc2020e017125 - Expedition 63 Crew Waves Farewell - Expedition 63 crewmember Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, waves goodbye as he, Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos prepare to climb aboard the Soyuz MS-16 rocket at Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 9, 2020. They launched a short time later to the International Space Station for the start of a six-and-a-half month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 63 Crew Waves Farewell
The escape tower, Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft and third stage are moved for assembly to the first and second stages Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 19 and a spaceflight participant on March 26, 2009.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Soyuz Assembly
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden answers a reporter's question shortly after the successful Soyuz launch of Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Administrator Post Launch of Expedition 21
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt exercises at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Training
Expedition 9 backup Commander Leroy Chiao, far left, backup Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, second from left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, center, NASA International Space Station Science Officer Mike Fincke, second from right and Flight Engineer and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands speak to members of the State Commission from behind glass at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to their final fit check in the Soyuz, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Preflight Activities
Russian technicians work, Tuesday, April 12, 2005, on mating the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the booster rocket inside the integration facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as preparations continued for the April 15 launch of Expedition 11 with Commander Sergei Krikalev, Flight Engineer John Phillips and European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, to the International Space Station. The rocket mating operation occurred on the 44th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same complex to become the first human in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 11 Soyuz Preparation
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, seated left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, seated center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt don their Russian Sokol suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Starting from left, Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, NASA Expedition 9 backup Commander Leroy Chiao, backup Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov and backup European Space Agency astronaut Gerhard Thiele of Germany, talk to reporterrs from behind glass during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Sunday, April 18, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 9 is scheduled to be launched on April 19, to the International Space Station for an arrival on April 21.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Preflight Press Conference
Technicians check suit pressure for Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member Marcos Pontes prior to launch onboard the Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 30. 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Preflight
The Soyuz rocket is prepared to be erected into position at the launch pad Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 19 and a spaceflight participant on March 26, 2009.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Soyuz Erection
Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao dons his flight suit prior to launch on board the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  The crew will dock to the Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current Station crew members, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
The Soyuz TMA-4 capsule and its booster rocket begin to roll to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday, April 17, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for the launch of the Expedition 9 crew and a European researcher to the International Space Station on April 19. The Soyuz vehicle is transported to the launch pad horizontally on a railcar from its processing hangar in a process that takes about 2.5 hours to complete. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Soyuz Rollout
Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly checks his smartphone as he walks from the Zvjozdnyj Hotel to the Cosmonaut Hotel for additional training, Thursday, March 19, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 43 Preflight
October 14, 2003.  Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur (left) and prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale raise the American flag outside the Cosmonaut Hotel Oct. 14, 2003 in a traditional ceremony as preparations continue for the launch Saturday of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to carry Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station.. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
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Expedition 13 backup crew members, Sergei Volkov, left, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Soyuz crew member; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Commander; and Michael Fincke, right, Science Officer and Flight Engineer, during a tour of the Soyuz launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Sunday, March 26, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Preflight
Expedition 7 backup crew member Michael Foale, left and Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, participate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)
Expedition 7 Preflight
The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launches carrying Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  The three crew members are scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Oct. 14.  Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth Oct. 24 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Launch
Murals showing the history of Russian spaceflight are seen on the outside walls of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, March 19, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 43 Preflight
The Soyuz TMA-4 capsule and its booster rocket begin to roll to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday, April 17, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for the launch of the Expedition 9 crew and a European researcher to the International Space Station on April 19. The Soyuz vehicle is transported to the launch pad horizontally on a railcar from its processing hangar in a process that takes about 2.5 hours to complete. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Soyuz Rollout
Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly walks from morning classes at the Cosmonaut Hotel to his crew quarters at the Zvjozdnyj Hotel, Thursday, March 19, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 43 Preflight
jsc2020e017059 - Expedition 63 Launch - The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, April 9, 2020 sending Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos into orbit for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station and the start of a six-and-a-half month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 63 Launch
Marcos Pontes, left, Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member; Pavel V. Vinogradov, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Expedition 13 International Space Station Commander; and Jeffrey N. Williams, right, Expedition 13 Science Officer and Flight Engineer, talk with the media after the crew's final check of the Soyuz at building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Sunday, March 26, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Preflight
Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov, bottom, Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, top, board the Soyuz rocket prior to their launch in the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  The three crew members are scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Oct. 14.  Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth Oct. 24 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 18 Launch Day
From left to right, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur patricipate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan,  Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004.  Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, left, Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, accompanied by Expedition 7 backups Alexander Kaleri, and Michael Foale, right, participate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Preflight
Expedition 10 backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev enters the Soyuz capsule for a final check Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  Expedition 10 is scheduled to launch October 14 on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
The Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in preparation for its launch October 14 to send Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin to the International Space Station.  Chiao and Sharipov will replace the Expedition 9 crew of Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, while Shargin will conduct eight days of scientific experiments.  He will return to earth with the Expedition 9 crew October 24.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
jsc2020e017058 - Expedition 63 Launch - The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, April 9, 2020 sending Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos into orbit for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station and the start of a six-and-a-half month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 63 Launch
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt waves goodbye to his family from the bus that will take him, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the Soyuz launch pad on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka waves hello to members of the media as he and Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi prepare to take the elevator to the top of the Soyuz rocket on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prepare to mate the Soyuz TMA-4 capsule with its booster rocket in preparation for a launch on April 19 of the Expedition 9 crew and a European astronaut to the International Space Station, Friday, April 16, 2004 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Soyuz Assembly
The Soyuz TMA-8 rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 9:30 p.m. EST, (Thursday, March 30, 2006, 8:30 a.m. Kazakhstan time). Aboard the spacecraft are Expedition 13 Commander Pavel V. Vinogradov, Science Officer and Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, and Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member Marcos Pontes. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Launch
Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov waves farewell as he and fellow crew members Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for the bus ride to building 254 where the crew will don their spacesuits, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  The three crew members are scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Oct. 14.  Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth Oct. 24 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 18 Launch Day
The Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in preparation for its launch October 14 to send Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin to the International Space Station.  Chiao and Sharipov will replace the Expedition 9 crew of Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, while Shargin will conduct eight days of scientific experiments.  He will return to earth with the Expedition 9 crew October 24.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
The Russian Sokol suits of Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor are laid out prior to suit-up by the crew, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.   Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko was the first to don his flight suit.  The three crew members launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 16 Preflight
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi receives the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev checks his gear prior to launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, April 15, 2005, for a two-day trip to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 11 Launch Day
Expedition 9 Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, second from left and Flight Engineer and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands listen to instructions on satellite phone and GPS use at building 254 at Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Preflight Activities
Technicians check suit pressure for Expedition 13 Science Officer and Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams prior to launch onboard the Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 30. 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Preflight
The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft is transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008.  Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott will launch October 12 and dock with the International Space Station October 14.  Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth after 10 days with the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the ISS.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout
Expedition 65 backup crew members NASA astronaut Anne McClain, left, and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, center, and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, right, are greeted by onlookers after arriving in Baikonur, Kazakhstan from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Friday, March 26, 2021. The prime crew is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz rocket April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)
Expedition 65 Crew Arrival in Baikonur
The Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in preparation for its launch October 14 to send Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin to the International Space Station.  Chiao and Sharipov will replace the Expedition 9 crew of Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, while Shargin will conduct eight days of scientific experiments.  He will return to earth with the Expedition 9 crew October 24.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, left, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, right, and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, 2nd row right, along with cosmonaut instructors are seen through a quarantine windowed room as they participate in Soyuz rendezvous and docking training at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Training
Expedition 19 prime and backup crew from left, backup Spaceflight Participant Esther Dyson, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, Backup Commander Jeffrey Williams, Commander Gennady I. Padalka, backup Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi look at teh view from the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Crew Relaxes
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, top, Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, middle, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz launch pad prior shortly before their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-16 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 21 Launches
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, seated left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, seated center, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, seated right, backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, standing left, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, standing center, and backup commander Jeffrey Williams prepare to talk with space agency officials prior to the launch on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly plays pool with Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, March 19, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Kornienko, and Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 43 Preflight
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, smiles to family and colleagues in the suit up room of building 254, Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
Expedition 11 Flight Engineer John Phillips, left, Commander Sergei Krikalev and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, right, discuss the checkout of the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft with Russian space officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 10, 2005, during preparations for their launch to the International Space Station. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the station, while Vittori spends eight days on the station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 11 Soyuz Inspection
Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, right, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, lower left, conducted a final inspection of their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft, Saturday, October 9, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in preparation for their launch October 14 to the International Space Station.  The Soyuz vehicle will be mated to its booster rocket October 11 in preparation for its rollout to the Central Asian launch pad October 12.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
October 15, 2003. Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain receive a briefing on launch procedures from a Russian trainer at their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Oct. 15, 2003 as they prepare for launch Oct. 18 in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station. The mission is led by Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale (not pictured). Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
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American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, left, Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, right, participate in the traditional blessing prior to the bus ride to building 254 where the crew don their spacesuits, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Fincke, Lonchakov and Garriott.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 18 Traditional Blessing
Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 Science Officer and Flight Engineer, waves at media representatives during a tour of the Soyuz assembly building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Sunday, March 26, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Preflight
Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, far left, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup Expedition Commander Bill McArthur, far right, are lead by an instructor for early morning exercises on the grounds of the  Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004.  Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, left, astronauts Michael Foale, Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko, right, attend the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Preflight
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 21 Crew Prepares For Launch
The Russian Sokol suit to be worn by Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips is seen Friday, April 15, 2005, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan prior to launch. Phillips, along with Commander Sergei Krikalev and European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, were preparing for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft for a two-day trip to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 11 Launch Day
Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 Science Officer and Flight Engineer, talking with Michael Baker of NASA after the crew's final check of the Soyuz at building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Sunday, March 26, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Preflight
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 21 Crew Prepares For Launch
Russian technicians work, Tuesday, April 12, 2005, on mating the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the booster rocket inside the integration facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as preparations continued for the April 15 launch of Expedition 11 with Commander Sergei Krikalev, Flight Engineer John Phillips and European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, to the International Space Station. The rocket mating operation occurred on the 44th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same complex to become the first human in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 11 Soyuz Preparation
NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke departs building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after the final fit check in the Soyuz, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Preflight Activities
October 13, 2003.  Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale (left) is briefed by a technician (right) inside the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle in a processing facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 13, 2003 during an inspection of the spacecraft. Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri (center) and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain will be launched in the Soyuz Oct. 18 to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit"NASA/Bill Ingalls"
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Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, left and Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka pose for a photo during a tour of the Soyuz launch pad, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 2004 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Preflight Activities
Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Russian Space Forces Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, and the lead Russian Flight Surgeon, left, enjoy a middday stroll down the Walkway of Cosmonauts at their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, October 8, 2004 as they prepare for liftoff to the International Space Station October 14.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
The Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in preparation for its launch October 14 to send Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin to the International Space Station.  Chiao and Sharipov will replace the Expedition 9 crew of Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, while Shargin will conduct eight days of scientific experiments.  He will return to earth with the Expedition 9 crew October 24.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao tours the launch pad on Saturday, October 9, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan prior to liftoff to the International Space Station October 14.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, left, and Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov answer reporters' questions during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Fincke and Lonchakov will launch on the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft along with American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott on Oct. 12 and dock with the International Space Station on Oct. 14.  Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth Oct. 24 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 18 Press Conference
Expedition 65 backup crew member Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos plays a game of ping-pong, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The prime crew, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)
Expedition 65 Preflight
The Expedition 11 crew and their backup crew enjoy lunch at the Cosmonaut hotel, Monday, April 11, 2005, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan several days prior to the April 15 launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 11 Preflight
Expedition 13 Science Officer and Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams climbs into the Soyuz capsule for his final check at building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.  Sunday, March 26, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 13 Preflight
The Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in preparation for its launch October 14 to send Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin to the International Space Station.  Chiao and Sharipov will replace the Expedition 9 crew of Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, while Shargin will conduct eight days of scientific experiments.  He will return to earth with the Expedition 9 crew October 24.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 10 Preflight
The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft is transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Kazakhstan for an October 10th launch date.  The Soyuz will carry Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station.  Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station.  Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crew members currently on the complex.  Photo Credit:  (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 16 Preflight
NASA Astronaut John Phillips blows a kiss goodbye to his family as the Expedition 11 crew boards the bus to that will took them to the launch pad, Friday, April 15, 2005, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev,  Phillips and European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft for a two-day trip to the International Space Station. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, returning to Earth with Chiao and Sharipov on April 25.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 11 Launch Day
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 19 Launch Day
The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft arrives at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008.   The Soyuz is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station Oct. 12 with Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott.  The three crew members will dock their Soyuz to the International Space Station on Oct. 14.  Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth Oct. 24 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout
October 14, 2003.  Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The prime and backup crews for this Saturday's launch of a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station participate in the traditional flag-raising ceremony outside the Cosmonaut Hotel Oct. 14, 2003. From left to right are backup Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev, backup European Space Agency Astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, prime European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, prime Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale and backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
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