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JSC2005-E-16079 (14 April 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, places the crew insignia onboard the prime crew bus as they head to the Baikonur Cosmodrome for suit up. Also on the bus, not pictured, are astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy. 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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