Expedition 11 Soyuz Inspection. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev, left, Flight Engineer John Phillips and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, right, discuss the checkout of the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft with Russian space officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 10, 2005, during preparations for their launch to the International Space Station. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 on a Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the International Space Station. 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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