Expedition 9 Preflight Activities

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

NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, center and Flight Engineer and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands walk from the Soyuz capsule at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome after 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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