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International Space Station Imagery
Mikhail Tyurin, Michael Lopez-Alegria and Anousheh Ansari
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JSC2006-E-40673 (18 Sept. 2006) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, prime crewmembers for the upcoming mission to the International Space Station wave goodbye to the cameras at the launch pad. From bottom to top are cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, commander and NASA space station science officer; and spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari. The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sept. 18, 2006 at 10:09 a.m. Baikonur time. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 09/18/2006
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