Detail View: NASA Human Spaceflight Collection:
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General Description:
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International Space Station Imagery
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Description:
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JSC2004-E-19680 (14 April 2004) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers (left) of the Netherlands and astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke (center), NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer, talk with a technician as they prepare to climb the workstand to do their final Soyuz fit check along with cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka (not pictured), Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 9 mission commander, at building 254, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The trio is scheduled to launch on April 19, 2004, to the ISS for arrival on April 21. Padalka and Fincke will spend six months on the ISS, replacing the Expedition 8 crew, which has been aboard the Station since October 20, 2003. Kuipers, who is flying under a commercial contract between ESA and Russia?s Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth with the Expedition 8 crew on April 30, 2004. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Photo-jsc2004e19680
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Earth
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International Space Station (ISS)
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Kazakhstan
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Netherlands
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Russia
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14 April 2004
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April 19, 2004
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April 30, 2004
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October 20, 2003
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2003
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2004
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2004e19680
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original url:
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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-9/html/jsc2004e19680.html
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