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JSC2003-E-60942 (18 October 2003) --- The prime and backup crews for Expedition 8 and European Space Agency (ESA) crewmembers prepare to depart the suit up room at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan October 18, 2003, for the launch of a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station (ISS). Suited in their Russian Sokol spacesuits (front row) are astronaut C. Michael Foale (left), Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri (center), Soyuz commander and flight engineer; and ESA's Pedro Duque (right) of Spain. Standing behind them are astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., backup mission commander and NASA ISS science officer; Valery I. Tokarev, backup Soyuz commander and flight engineer; and ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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