Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao gives a thumbs up during the ride from the suit up facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the launch pad as he and his crewmates, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin prepare for their liftoff to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004. Their Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle will blast off at 9:06 a.m. Baikonur time (306 GMT) to begin the two-day trip to the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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20041014_exp10_15
Date Created
October 13, 2004
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Media Type
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Photographer
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Location
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
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