Expedition 9 Preflight Activities

NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Fincke, left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, center, and the backup crew, left of center, receive some final instruction from engineers, technicians and Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, far right, at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 9 Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, center and the backup crew, left of center, receive some final instructions from engineers, technicians and Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, right, in building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
Michael FinckeGennady PadalkaLeroy ChiaoGerhard ThieleValery KorzunBaikonurKazakhstanBaikonur CosmodromeROSCOSMOS Russian Federal Space Agency ESA European Space Agency Expedition 9 PreflightExpedition 9