Expedition 9 Preflight Activities

NASA International Space Station Science Officer Mike Fincke, left, Flight Engineer and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, center, and Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka arrive at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for their final fit check in the Soyuz, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 9 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, left, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, center and Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka arrive at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for their final fit check in the Soyuz, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
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