A view out the front of the bus during the long ride back to the Cosmonaut Hotel after the Expedition 7 crew participated in the Sokol suit leak check and the Soyuz vehicle inspection, Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Engineers check the paperwork near the Soyuz integration stand. NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7 astronaut Edward T. Lu and Expedition 7 commander cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko are in the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, signs his name on the wall of a Russian helicopter after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Lu; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain landed in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Employees monitor access to the Soyuz integration area at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7 astronaut Edward T. Lu and Expedition 7 commander cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko had entered the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
This is an overall view of the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia during the Expedition 7 mission, Wednesday, April 30, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
This is an overall view of the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia during the Expedition 7 mission, Wednesday, April 30, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Four helicopters, representing Russian search and recovery forces, were advanced to Arkalyk, Kazakhstan a day prior to the Expedition 7 Soyuz landing, Monday, October 27, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Four helicopters, representing Russian search and recovery forces, were advanced to Arkalyk, Kazakhstan a day prior to the Expedition 7 Soyuz landing, Monday, October 27, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
This is an overall view of the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia during the Expedition 7 mission, Wednesday, April 30, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, is helped from a Russian all-terrain vehicle after being transported from the Soyuz TMA-2 landing site to his helicopter in Kazakhstan. The helicopter pilot salutes Lu as he departs the ATV. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Lu; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain landed in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, sleeps onboard a Russian helicopter in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. The helicopter had to wait out bad weather before moving on to Astana, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying Lu; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain landed in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Rescue helicopters and an all-terrain vehicle deliver astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, to his helicopter at the Soyuz TMA-2 landing site in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Lu; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain landed in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, foreground and Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 20, 2003. The crew will be preparing for the launch onboard a Soyuz capsule, Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, talks on the telephone after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, smiles while resting in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, enjoys the long bus ride back to the cosmonaut hotel after a busy day at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Michael Foale, backup crew member for Expedition 7, looks out the bus window during the drive to the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The crews performed fit checks on their Russian Sokol suits and performed a Soyuz inspection at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander, rests in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, smiles while resting in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, raises the United States flag as he participates in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, left, signs documents after the suit leak check, seat liner check, and Soyuz inspection at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday April 10, 2003. Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, second left, watches as the documents are being signed. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, left and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, enjoying the bus ride back to the cosmonaut hotel after a busy day at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Cosmodrome officials greet Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Commander, left and Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, second from left, upon arriving in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 20, 2003, The expedition crew will be preparing for the launch onboard a Soyuz capsule, Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, left, cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, backup crew for Expedition 7 astronaut Michael Foale and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, right, attend a press conference, Thursday April 10, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Expedition 7 backup crew member Michael Foale, left, talks with Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, right, as they review documents prior to entering the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, enjoys the long bus ride back to the cosmonaut hotel after a busy day at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, left, enjoys some hot tea with NASA Flight Surgeon Dr. Thomas H. Marshburn, center, and a Russian Medical personnel onboard a Russian helicopter in Arqalyk, Kazakhstan, Monday, October 27, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, left and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, are seated in their chairs after being extracted from the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft upon their landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, rests in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). On the left is NASA Flight Surgeon Dr. Thomas H. Marshburn. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). The exposed dirt from the landing rockets of the Soyuz is visible in the foreground. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz rocket is rolled out of the assembly building and travels via rail to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 24, 2003. Expedition 7 is scheduled to launch onboard the Soyuz on Saturday April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)
A Soyuz rocket is rolled out of the assembly building and travels via rail to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 24, 2003. Expedition 7 is scheduled to launch onboard the Soyuz on Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz rocket is rolled out of the assembly building and travels via rail to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 7 is scheduled to launch onboard the Soyuz on Saturday April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, left, and NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu enjoy dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Michael Foale, left, and Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, backup crew members for Expedition 7, depart the plane after their flight to Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The crews performed suit leak checks and Soyuz inspection, seat liner checks at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, left, and NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu relax after dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, backup crew member for Expedition 7, enjoys the bus ride to the Cosmonuat hotel after arriving in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The crews performed fit checks on their Russian Sokol suits and performed a Soyuz inspection at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, foreground and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, walk out for Soyuz inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, center, dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Seated next to him is astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, center, dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Seated is astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The interior of the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan is seen, Thursday, April 10, 2003. The Soyuz module is in the yellow work stand with its payload fairing ready in the foreground. Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko (both out of view) are in the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for an inspection and seat liner check.
NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7 Edward T. Lu, left and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko wait to have their Russian Sokol suits tested at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, foreground and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, walk down the Soyuz stand after the Soyuz inspection and seat liner check at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, left and Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, pause for a photograph on the Soyuz stand after the Soyuz inspection and seat liner check at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The interior of the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan is seen, Thursday, April 10, 2003. The Soyuz module is in the yellow work stand with its payload fairing ready in the foreground. Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko (both out of view) are in the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for an inspection and seat liner check.
The Soyuz rocket is erected at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 24, 2003. Expedition 7 is scheduled to launch onboard the Soyuz on Saturday April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz rocket is erected at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 24, 2003. Expedition 7 is scheduled to launch onboard the Soyuz on Saturday April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain lands in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain floats to a landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz spacecraft lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, at 10:54 p.m. (CDT) on Saturday, April 26, 2003. Onboard were Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander, and Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)
Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, wearing his Russian Sokol suit, is pictured prior to his launch with Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko aboard the Soyuz rocket at 9:53 am from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain floats to a landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7 Edward T. Lu, reads a marker placed in front of a tree planted in honor of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazahstan on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The trees along this walkway are planted in honor of other cosmonauts and astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu, left and Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko stop to take questions after their final check of the Soyuz capsule prior to their scheduled launch on Saturday April 26, 2003 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 22. 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain floats to a landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, left and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, are seated in their chairs after being extracted from the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft upon their landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko enters the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko waits for his turn to enter the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, enters the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 backup crew member Michael Foale, left and NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu, along with their Russian cosmonaut crew members (out of frame), tour the Soyuz launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. The crew visited the pad prior to their scheduled launch on Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Michael Foale, left, Expedition 7 backup crew member; Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; Alexander Y. Kaleri, backup crew member; and Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, right are pictured as they visit the quarters of Yuri Gagarin after having visited the Soyuz launch pad and performing a final check of the Soyuz capsule at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)
Dr. Thomas H. Marshburn, NASA Flight Surgeon, center, is helped to a Russian helicopter by interpreter Paul Kharmats, far left, astronaut James H. Newman and NASA International Space Station Program Manager William Gerstenmaier, right. Dr. Marshburn was on one of four helicopters that were advanced to Arkalyk, Kazakhstan a day prior to the Expedition 7 Soyuz landing, Monday, October 27, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Edward T. Lu, right, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, and Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, ride in a bus to the launch pad prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Clockwise from top right, Expedition 7 Commander, Yuri I. Malenchenko, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, Edward T. Lu and prime crew Flight Surgeon Tom Marshburn, unidentified Russian flight surgeon, along with cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri and astronaut Michael Foale, top left, eat dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander, Yuri I. Malenchenko, second from left, facing camera, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, Edward T. Lu, center, and prime crew Flight Surgeon Thomas Marshburn eat dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel along with the backup crew members, astronaut Michael Foale, left, back to camera, cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, center, back to camera, and an unidentified Russian flight surgeon in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu steps out of the Soyuz capsule while Mission Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko looks on. The crew entered the Soyuz capsule for final checks, Tuesday, April 22, 2003, prior to their scheduled launch on Saturday April 26, 2003 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baiknour, Kazakhstan. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Deque is assisted by an ESA doctor after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003, at 9:41 p.m. EST. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS007-E-17904 (24 October 2003) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS) gather for a group portrait in the Destiny laboratory. From the left (front row) are cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain; astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer. From the left (back row) are astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, and cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Expedition 8 flight engineer. Malenchenko and Kaleri represent Rosaviakosmos.
ISS007-E-17897 (24 October 2003) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS) gather for a group portrait in the Destiny laboratory. From the left (front row) are cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain; astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer. From the left (back row) are astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, and cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Expedition 8 flight engineer. Malenchenko and Kaleri represent Rosaviakosmos.
ISS007-E-09496 (5 July 2003) --- A partial moon was photographed by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS007-E-08988 (1 July 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander, is pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS). The photo was taken by NASA ISS Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu, who was celebrating a birthday at the time.
JSC2005-E-36547 (26 Aug. 2005) --- Attired in Russian Sokol suits, the Soyuz TMA-7 crew pauses from a busy training schedule in Star City, Russia to pose for a crew portrait. From the left are Greg Olsen, Soyuz Spaceflight Participant; cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer and Soyuz commander, and astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA Space Station science officer.
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur is being helped down from the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft after it landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Returning with him was Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and Brazil's first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the space station with Expedition 13 on April 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JSC2003-E-61407 (28 October 2003) --- Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, smiles while resting in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls