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JSC2004-E-44239 (4 October 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao (right), Expedition 10 commander and NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer, cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov (center), Russia’s Federal Space Agency flight engineer and Soyuz commander, and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin (left) pose for photos at Star City, Russia as they prepare for their launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 14, 2004, to the ISS. Chiao and Sharipov will spend six months on the Station, while Shargin will return to Earth October 23 (U.S.A. time) with cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Expedition 9 commander, and astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, who have been in space since April. Photo Credit: “NASA/Bill Ingalls”
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