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ISS014-E-19095 (9 April 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the Soyuz 14 (TMA-10) spacecraft approaches the International Space Station. Onboard the spacecraft are cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi. With Kotov at the controls, the Soyuz linked up to the Zarya module nadir port at 2:10 p.m. (CDT) on April 9, 2007. The docking followed Saturday's launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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ISS014-E-19073 (9 April 2007) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered Earth, the Soyuz 14 (TMA-10) spacecraft approaches the International Space Station. Onboard the spacecraft are cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi. With Kotov at the controls, the Soyuz linked up to the Zarya module nadir port at 2:10 p.m. (CDT) on April 9, 2007. The docking followed Saturday's launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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ISS014-E-19077 (9 April 2007) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered Earth, the Soyuz 14 (TMA-10) spacecraft approaches the International Space Station. Onboard the spacecraft are cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi. With Kotov at the controls, the Soyuz linked up to the Zarya module nadir port at 2:10 p.m. (CDT) on April 9, 2007. The docking followed Saturday's launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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ISS014-E-19092 (9 April 2007) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered Earth, the Soyuz 14 (TMA-10) spacecraft approaches the International Space Station. Onboard the spacecraft are cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi. With Kotov at the controls, the Soyuz linked up to the Zarya module nadir port at 2:10 p.m. (CDT) on April 9, 2007. The docking followed Saturday's launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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JSC2007-E-20479 (21 April 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft floats to a landing southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time on April 21, 2007. Onboard were astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi. Photo credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-20478 (21 April 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft floats to a landing southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time on April 21, 2007. Onboard were astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi. Photo credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-20476 (21 April 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft floats to a landing southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time on April 21, 2007. Onboard were astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi. Photo credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-20477 (21 April 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft floats to a landing southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time on April 21, 2007. Onboard were astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi. Photo credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-19322 (21 April 2007) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 Flight Engineer and Soyuz commander, is taken in his chair to the medical tent near the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft where the recovery officials conduct post-landing medical checks. Along with Tyurin, who is with Russia's federal space agency, astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA ISS science officer, and U.S. flight participant Charles Simonyi landed in their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 pm local time, April 21, 2007. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-19323 (21 April 2007) --- U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi is taken in his chair to the medical tent near the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft where the recovery officials conduct post-landing medical checks. Along with Simonyi, astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA ISS science officer; and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, who is with Russia's federal space agency and who served as Expedition 14 flight engineer and Soyuz commander, landed in their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at approximately 6:30 pm local time, April 21, 2007. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-17737 (5 April 2007) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the 14 Soyuz (TMA-10) spacecraft and its booster rolled out to the launch pad on April 5, 2007, for final pre-launch preparations. The Soyuz will blast off on April 7, 2007 (Kazakhstan time) to carry cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, to the International Space Station for a six-month mission and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi who will spend approximately 11 days aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-17739 (5 April 2007) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the 14 Soyuz (TMA-10) spacecraft and its booster rolled out to the launch pad on April 5, 2007, for final pre-launch preparations. The Soyuz will blast off on April 7, 2007 (Kazakhstan time) to carry cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, to the International Space Station for a six-month mission and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi who will spend approximately 11 days aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-17738 (5 April 2007) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the 14 Soyuz (TMA-10) spacecraft and its booster rolled out to the launch pad on April 5, 2007, for final pre-launch preparations. The Soyuz will blast off on April 7, 2007 (Kazakhstan time) to carry cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, to the International Space Station for a six-month mission and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi who will spend approximately 11 days aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-17736 (5 April 2007) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the 14 Soyuz (TMA-10) spacecraft and its booster rolled out to the launch pad on April 5, 2007, for final pre-launch preparations. The Soyuz will blast off on April 7, 2007 (Kazakhstan time) to carry cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, to the International Space Station for a six-month mission and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi who will spend approximately 11 days aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-16974 (1 April 2007) --- Left to right, Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 15 flight engineer; Charles Simonyi, spaceflight participant; and Fyodor Yurchikhin, commander, take advantage of some off-duty time to sign portraits in the crew quarters at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew awaits a launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in less than a week. Yurchikhin and Kotov are cosmonauts representing Russia's Federal Space Agency.
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JSC2007-E-17734 (5 April 2007) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the 14 Soyuz (TMA-10) spacecraft and its booster rolled out to the launch pad on April 5, 2007, for final pre-launch preparations. The Soyuz will blast off on April 7, 2007 (Kazakhstan time) to carry cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, to the International Space Station for a six-month mission and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi who will spend approximately 11 days aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-17735 (5 April 2007) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the 14 Soyuz (TMA-10) spacecraft and its booster rolled out to the launch pad on April 5, 2007, for final pre-launch preparations. The Soyuz will blast off on April 7, 2007 (Kazakhstan time) to carry cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, both representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, to the International Space Station for a six-month mission and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi who will spend approximately 11 days aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA
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JSC2007-E-52159 (12 Oct. 2007) --- William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations, speaks on the phone to the crews of the International Space Station, Oct. 12, 2007 from the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, outside Moscow. NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor docked their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft to the station at 10:50 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 12, 2007. The crew launched on Oct. 10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-51472 (10 Oct. 2007) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (center), Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor walk from the RSC Energia Assembly and Testing Facility to report their readiness to the Head of the State Commission. The crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset Oct. 10, 2007 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-50930 (9 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson (right), Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (center), Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor give a "thumbs-up" signal while protected behind glass during the State Commission meeting and press conference Oct. 9, 2007 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-51382 (10 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset Oct. 10, 2007 carrying a new crew bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Onboard are NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-51380 (10 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, receive a traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest in their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, before departing for the launch pad. Whitson, Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (out of frame) were launched on a Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft to the International Space Station at 8:22 a.m. (CDT) on Oct. 10. They will dock to the station on Oct. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-51379 (10 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, receive a traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest in their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, before departing for the launch pad. Whitson, Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (out of frame) were launched on a Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft to the International Space Station at 8:22 a.m. (CDT) on Oct. 10. They will dock to the station on Oct. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50926 (9 Oct. 2007) --- Soyuz TMA-11 prime and backup crewmembers are protected behind glass during the State Commission meeting and press conference Oct. 9, 2007 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From the left are Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; NASA astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, backup commander; cosmonaut Salizan S. Sharipov, backup Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and backup Malaysian spaceflight participant Faiz Khaleed. The crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-51473 (10 Oct. 2007) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (center), Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor report their readiness to Anatoly Perminov, head of State Commission and director of the Russian Federal Space Agency; and Vitaly Lopota, RSC Energia president and general designer. The crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset Oct. 10, 2007 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-51381 (10 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset Oct. 10, 2007 carrying a new crew bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Onboard are NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-52156 (12 Oct. 2007) --- Live video of the International Space Station from the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft is shown on the screen in the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, outside Moscow. NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor docked their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft to the station at 10:50 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 12, 2007. The crew launched on Oct. 10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-51470 (10 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (center), Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor walk from the Cosmonaut Hotel to the bus that will take them to the launch pad. The crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset Oct. 10, 2007 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-51471 (10 Oct. 2007) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (center), Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor speak with the members of the State Commission at the RSC Energia Assembly and Testing Facility. The crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset Oct. 10, 2007 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-52155 (12 Oct. 2007) --- The flags of Malaysia, Russia and the United States sit between the phones used by officials to talk to the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) in the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, outside Moscow. NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor docked their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft to the station at 10:50 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 12, 2007. The crew launched on Oct. 10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-52157 (12 Oct. 2007) --- Live video from the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft of the International Space Station is shown on the screen (upper right) in the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, outside Moscow. NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor docked their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft to the station at 10:50 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 12, 2007. The crew launched on Oct. 10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-51474 (10 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset Oct. 10, 2007 carrying a new crew bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Onboard are NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-51378 (10 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson (center), Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (front), Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor wave farewell at the steps of the Soyuz rocket. The crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset Oct. 10, 2007 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50924 (9 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor are protected behind glass during the State Commission meeting and press conference Oct. 9, 2007 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50606 (5 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson (second right), Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (third right), Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (right) tour the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum complex in Kazakhstan as the crewmembers prepare for their launch scheduled for Oct. 10 on a Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Vadim Shevchenko, GCTC crew surgeon, stands to the left of Malenchenko. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-50761 (7 Oct. 2007) --- Russian specialists make final preparations on the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle and the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft scheduled to launch Oct. 10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-50772 (8 Oct. 2007) --- Preparations are underway for liftoff of the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft as the transporter-emplacer rotates the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz spacecraft to the vertical position as a part of its installation on the launch system. The Soyuz spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50762 (7 Oct. 2007) --- Russian specialists make final preparations on the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle and the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft scheduled to launch Oct. 10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-50756 (8 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50769 (8 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50765 (8 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50773 (8 Oct. 2007) --- U.S. and Russian flags are visible in this close-up view of the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft after it was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50770 (8 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50759 (7 Oct. 2007) --- Russian specialists make final preparations on the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle and the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft scheduled to launch Oct. 10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-50766 (8 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50767 (8 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50768 (8 Oct. 2007) --- The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50760 (7 Oct. 2007) --- Russian specialists make final preparations on the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle and the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft scheduled to launch Oct. 10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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JSC2007-E-50925 (9 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson (right), Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor are protected behind glass during the State Commission meeting and press conference Oct. 9, 2007 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2007-E-50774 (8 Oct. 2007) --- Preparations are underway for liftoff of the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft as the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz spacecraft is installed on the launch system and the transporter-emplacer arm moves away. The Soyuz spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2007 for launch Oct. 10 to carry NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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