Expedition 9 Preflight

Flight Engineer and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Michael Fincke, left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, center and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands arrive at the Soyuz launch pad prior to being launched to the ISS, and are met by space officials including Anatoly Perminov, Director of the Russian Space Agency, second from far right, Monday, April 19, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, center and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands arrive at the Soyuz launch pad prior to being launched to the ISS, and are met by space officials including Anatoly Perminov, Director of the Russian Space Agency, second from far right, Monday, April 19, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
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