Expedition Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia, center, and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of the Japan listen to a reporter's question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Saturday, Dec., 19, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Creamer, Kotov, and Noguchi, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)