COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Record
General Description:
International Space Station Imagery
Description:
JSC2004-E-19839 (19 April 2004) --- Expedition 9 prime and backup crewmember meet with launch authorities, press and family one last time prior to departing for the launch pad. They are, seated with their backs towards the camera, from left to right: astronaut Leroy Chiao, NASA backup commander; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Russia?s Federal Space Agency backup flight engineer; European Space Agency (ESA) backup astronaut Gerhard P. J. Thiele of Germany; astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 9 mission commander; and ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Padalka, Fincke and Kuipers launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, onboard a Soyuz TMA-4 vehicle on Monday, April 19, 2004, to the ISS. 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 the 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-jsc2004e19839
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_what:
Soyuz TMA-4
facet_where:
Germany
facet_where:
Kazakhstan
facet_where:
Netherlands
facet_where:
Russia
facet_who:
Leroy Chiao
facet_when:
19 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-jsc2004e19839
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