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Collection:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
General Description:
International Space Station Imagery
Description:
JSC2003-E-59063 (14 October 2003) --- The Expedition 8 prime and backup crews for this Saturday's launch of a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station (ISS) participate in the traditional flag-raising ceremony outside the Cosmonaut Hotel. From the left are cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, backup Soyuz commander; backup European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands; prime ESA astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, prime Soyuz commander and flight engineer; astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission commander and NASA ISS science officer; and astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., backup mission commander and NASA ISS science officer. Kaleri and Tokarev represent Rosaviakosmos. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 18 onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Photo-jsc2003e59063
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Spain
facet_where:
Kazakhstan
facet_where:
Netherlands
facet_who:
Pedro Duque
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Michael Foale
facet_when:
14 October 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2 003e59063
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