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International Space Station Imagery
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JSC2003-E-59150 (16 October 2003) --- The Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket were transported on a rail car to the launch pad and raised to a vertical launch position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on October 16, 2003, in preparation for liftoff October 18 to carry C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA science officer; Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz Commander and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Photo-jsc2003e59150
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International Space Station (ISS)
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Kazakhstan
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Spain
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Alexander Kaleri
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Michael Foale
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Pedro Duque
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16 October 2003
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October 16, 2003
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2003
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2003e59150
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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-8/html/jsc2003e59150.html