Expedition 9 Preflight Activities

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

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

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
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