Expedition 9 Arrival
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Mike Fincke, left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, third from left, are greeted by launch officials after arriving at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 13, 2004, six days prior to their scheduled launch on board a Soyuz rocket. Kuipers, who is flying under a commercial contract between ESA (European Space Agency) and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth with the Expedition 8 crew on April 30, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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20040413_exp9_02
Date Created
April 12, 2004
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NASA/Bill Ingalls
Location
Baikonur, DC, Kazakhstan
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