COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Record
General Description:
International Space Station Imagery
Description:
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
image id:
Photo-jsc2004e19680
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Kazakhstan
facet_where:
Netherlands
facet_where:
Russia
facet_when:
14 April 2004
facet_when:
April 19, 2004
facet_when:
April 30, 2004
facet_when:
October 20, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
facet_when_year:
2004
UID:
SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2004e19680
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