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JSC2007-E-48361 (28 Sept. 2007) --- Soyuz TMA-11 prime and backup crewmembers sit behind protective glass while they speak with Russian officials at the RSC Energia Assembly and Testing Facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan prior to their launch on a Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft to the International Space Station scheduled for Oct. 10. From the right are Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; NASA astronauts Peggy A. Whitson and Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, prime and backup commander, respectively; cosmonaut Salizan S. Sharipov, backup Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and backup Malaysian spaceflight participant Faiz Khaleed (out of frame). Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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