Expedition 9 Preflight Activities

NASA 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 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)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
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