COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Record
General Description:
International Space Station Imagery
Description:
JSC2004-E-44558 (5 October 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer, donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the ISS. Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 10 flight engineer and Soyuz commander, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station, while Russian Space Forces Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin will return to Earth October 23 (U.S.A. time) with cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Expedition 9 commander, and astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, who have been in space since April. Photo Credit: ?NASA/Bill Ingalls?
image id:
Photo-jsc2004e44558
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Kazakhstan
facet_where:
Russia
facet_who:
Leroy Chiao
facet_who:
Yuri Shargin
facet_when:
October 2004
facet_when:
October 5, 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
UID:
SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2004e44558
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