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JSC2005-E-17959 (25 April 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao (second left), Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (right), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (left) of Italy are welcomed by Russian officials following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov and a ten-day mission for Vittori. The Italian astronaut flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-17963 (25 April 2005) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (out of frame), Expedition 10 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Leroy Chiao (out of frame), commander and NASA ISS science officer, are welcomed by Russian officials following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov. It was the end of a ten-day mission for Vittori who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-17961 (25 April 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (out of frame), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy are welcomed by Russian officials following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov. It was the end of a ten-day mission for Vittori who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-17960 (25 April 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao (seated left), Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy are welcomed by Russian officials following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov and a ten-day mission for Vittori. The Italian astronaut flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-17970 (25 April 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy are welcomed home by well wishers at Star City, Russia following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov and a ten-day mission for Vittori. The twice flown Italian astronaut participated under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-17957 (25 April 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, signs the inside of a Russian search and rescue helicopter as is tradition for returning cosmonauts. Chiao; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (not pictured), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (not pictured) of Italy brought their Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to a pre-dawn landing on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov and a ten-day mission for Vittori. The Italian astronaut flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-17966 (25 April 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao (left), Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy are welcomed by officials at Star City, Russia following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov. It was the end of a ten-day mission for Vittori who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-17962 (25 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Expedition 10 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut Leroy Chiao (out of frame), commander and NASA ISS science officer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy are welcomed by Russian officials following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov. It was the end of a ten-day mission for Vittori who flew under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-16307 (15 April 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips (seated), Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, talks with his backup astronaut Daniel M. Tani prior to his launch 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). Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (out of frame), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and Phillips will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy 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-16309 (15 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (center), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips (left), NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy don their Russian Sokol spacesuits prior to their launch 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 Station 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-16296 (15 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (center), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips (left), NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy don their Russian Sokol spacesuits prior to their launch 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-17947 (25 April 2005) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy; astronaut Leroy Chiao (out of frame), Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (out of frame), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; speak with members of the media following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov and a ten-day mission for Vittori. The twice flown Italian astronaut participated under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-16308 (15 April 2005) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy participates in a leak check on his Russian Sokol spacesuit, Soyuz inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility prior to his launch 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). Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (out of frame), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, 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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JSC2005-E-16328 (15 April 2005) --- The Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at daybreak on April 15, 2005 (Kazakhstan time), carrying cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy for a two-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS). 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-16325 (15 April 2005) --- The Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at daybreak on April 15, 2005 (Kazakhstan time), carrying cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy for a two-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS). 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-17945 (25 April 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao (right), Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (center), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy speak with members of the media following their pre-dawn landing in the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov and a ten-day mission for Vittori. The twice flown Italian astronaut participated under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-16323 (15 April 2005) --- The Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at daybreak on April 15, 2005 (Kazakhstan time), carrying cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy for a two-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS). 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-17946 (25 April 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (out of frame), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy speak with members of the media following their pre-dawn landing in a Soyuz TMA-5 capsule. The landing occurred on April 25, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) northeast of the Kazakhstan town of Arkalyk to wrap up a six month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Chiao and Sharipov and a ten-day mission for Vittori. The twice flown Italian astronaut participated under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-16293 (15 April 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips (foreground), Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, don their Russian Sokol spacesuits prior to their launch 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 European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy 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-16324 (15 April 2005) --- The Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at daybreak on April 15, 2005 (Kazakhstan time), carrying cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy for a two-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS). 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-16321 (15 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (bottom), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips (center), NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy wave goodbye from the base of the Soyuz rocket. The crew blasted off aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at daybreak on April 15, 2005 (Kazakhstan time) for a two-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS). 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-16290 (15 April 2005) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy dons his Russian Sokol spacesuit prior to his launch 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). Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, 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-15426 (13 April 2005) --- The Soyuz TMA-6 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 13, 2005 in preparation for its launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) to send cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15903 (14 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, talks to the press on April 14, 2005 just one day prior to his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Astronaut John L. Phillips (out of frame), NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, and Krikalev will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy will spend eight days on the Station 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-15419 (13 April 2005) --- The Soyuz TMA-6 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 13, 2005 in preparation for its launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) to send cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15401 (12 April 2005) --- Russian technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan mated the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to its booster rocket in an integration facility on April 12, 2005 in preparation for the launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) of cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. The rocket mating operation occurred on the 44th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same complex to become the first human in space. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-16291 (15 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy don their Russian Sokol spacesuits prior to their launch 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 astronaut John L. Phillips (out of frame), NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, 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-15415 (13 April 2005) --- The Soyuz TMA-6 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 13, 2005 in preparation for its launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) to send cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15407 (12 April 2005) --- Russian technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan mated the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to its booster rocket in an integration facility on April 12, 2005 in preparation for the launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) of cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. The rocket mating operation occurred on the 44th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same complex to become the first human in space. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15905 (14 April 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips (left), Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy pose for a photo during a press conference on April 14, 2005 just one day prior to their launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 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 Station 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-15427 (13 April 2005) --- The Soyuz TMA-6 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 13, 2005 in preparation for its launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) to send cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15396 (12 April 2005) --- Russian technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan mated the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to its booster rocket in an integration facility on April 12, 2005 in preparation for the launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) of cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. The rocket mating operation occurred on the 44th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same complex to become the first human in space. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15397 (12 April 2005) --- Russian technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan mated the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to its booster rocket in an integration facility on April 12, 2005 in preparation for the launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) of cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. The rocket mating operation occurred on the 44th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same complex to become the first human in space. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15429 (13 April 2005) --- The Soyuz TMA-6 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 13, 2005 in preparation for its launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) to send cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15906 (14 April 2005) --- Soyuz TMA-6 sits on the pad ready for launch. Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy will launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan April 15, 2005. 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 Station 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-15403 (12 April 2005) --- Russian technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan mated the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to its booster rocket in an integration facility on April 12, 2005 in preparation for the launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) of cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy to the International Space Station (ISS). Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. The rocket mating operation occurred on the 44th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same complex to become the first human in space. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15901 (14 April 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, talks to the press on April 14, 2005 just one day prior to his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (out of frame), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and Phillips will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy will spend eight days on the Station 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-16288 (15 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, dons his Russian Sokol spacesuit prior to his launch 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 astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy 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-15133 (9 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (center), Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips (left), NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (right) of Italy pose for a photo prior to their departure from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on April 9, 2005. The trio will travel to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch preparations. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15218 (10 April 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Expedition 11 International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer, enters the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 10, 2005. Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (out of frame), Russia?s Federal Space Agency commander; Phillips and astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15231 (11 April 2005) --- Astronauts John L. Phillips (left), Expedition 11 NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer, and Daniel M. Tani, backup crewmember, stay limber during an exercise session April 11, 2005, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan as Phillips prepares for launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) to the ISS with cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (not pictured), Russia?s Federal Space Agency commander, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (not pictured) of Italy. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15222 (11 April 2005) --- Expedition 11 backup and prime crewmembers participate in the traditional raising of their countries? flags outside their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on April 11, 2005. Pictured from left to right are prime crewmembers, cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; and backup crewmembers cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Russia?s Federal Space Agency commander; astronaut Daniel M. Tani, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and Robert B. Thirsk representing the Canadian Space Agency. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15142 (10 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips (center), NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy discuss the checkout of the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft with Russian space officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 10, 2005. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15134 (9 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (center right), Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips (left), NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (right) of Italy answer reporters questions and bid farewell to their Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on April 9, 2005. The trio will travel to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch preparations. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15140 (10 April 2005) --- Expedition 11 backup and prime crewmembers discuss the checkout of the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft with Russian space officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 10, 2005. Pictured from left to right are backup crewmembers astronauts Daniel M. Tani, NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; Robert B. Thirsk representing the Canadian Space Agency; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Russia?s Federal Space Agency commander; and prime crewmembers cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia?s Federal Space Agency commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15135 (9 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (center left), Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips (left), NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy answer reporters questions and bid farewell to their Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on April 9, 2005. The trio will travel to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch preparations. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15224 (11 April 2005) --- Expedition 11 backup and prime crewmembers participate in the traditional raising of their countries? flags outside their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on April 11, 2005. Pictured from left to right are prime crewmembers, cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; and backup crewmembers cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Russia?s Federal Space Agency commander; astronaut Daniel M. Tani, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and Robert B. Thirsk representing the Canadian Space Agency. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15219 (10 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander, enters the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 10, 2005. Krikalev; astronaut John L. Phillips (out of frame), NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (out of frame) of Italy will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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JSC2005-E-15138 (9 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (first), Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 11 commander; astronaut John L. Phillips (second), NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori (third) of Italy arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 9, 2005, for final pre-launch preparations. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the ISS. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years. Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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