Expedition 8 Launch Day
European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, bottom, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, top and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, receive final well wishes from Russian and U.S. officials at the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003. The trio were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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October 18, 2003
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NASA/Bill Ingalls
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