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JSC2005-E-15905 (14 April 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips (left), Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy pose for a photo during a press conference on April 14, 2005 just one day prior to their launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, returning to Earth with Chiao and Sharipov on April 25. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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