Expedition 9 Soyuz Assembly

Engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome In Kazakhstan prepare to mate the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule with its booster rocket April 16, 2004 in preparation for launch of the Expedition 9 crew and a European astronaut to the International Space Station on April 19. The rocket rolled to its launch pad in Baikonur on April 17 for final preparations for its launch. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

Engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prepare to mate the Soyuz TMA-4 capsule with its booster rocket in preparation for a launch on April 19 of the Expedition 9 crew and a European astronaut to the International Space Station, Friday, April 16, 2004 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
ROSCOSMOS Russian Federal Space Agency BaikonurKazakhstanExpedition 9 PreflightBaikonur CosmodromeSoyuz TMA-4Expedition 9