Expedition 9 Preflight Activities

Backup Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, left, NASA Expedition 9 backup commander Leroy Chiao, center, and backup Eropean Space Agency astronaut Gerhard Thiele of Germany walk out to the Soyuz capsule at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for their final fit check, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Backup Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, left, Expedition 9 backup Commander Leroy Chiao, center and backup European Space Agency astronaut Gerhard Thiele of Germany walk out to the Soyuz capsule at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for their final fit check, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
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