JSC2005-E-16320 (15 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (center), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips (right), NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy pose for a photo with officials at the launch pad prior to their blast off aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a two-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch occurred at daybreak on April 15, 2005 (Kazakhstan time). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while Vittori will spend eight days on the ISS under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, returning to Earth with Chiao and Sharipov on April 25. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-16320 (15 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (center), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips (right), NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy pose for a photo with officials at the launch pad prior to their blast off aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a two-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch occurred at daybreak on April 15, 2005 (Kazakhstan time). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while Vittori will spend eight days on the ISS under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, returning to Earth with Chiao and Sharipov on April 25. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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