Expedition 9 Preflight Activities
The flags of all three crew members' countries fly outside the Cosmonaut Hotel after European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Mike Fincke, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, Backup Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, backup European Space Agency astronaut Gerhard Thiele of Germany and NASA Expedition 9 backup commander Leroy Chiao raised them during a ceremony, Thursday, April 15, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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20040415_exp9_04
Date Created
April 14, 2004
Center
HQ
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Photographer
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Location
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
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