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JSC2003-E-60947 (18 October 2003) --- With NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (right foreground) looking on, the prime and backup crews for the Expedition 8 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and the prime and backup European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts receive final well wishes from Russian and U.S. space officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan October 18, 2003, before heading to the launch pad. Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos; and ESA's Pedro Duque of Spain were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle, arriving at the ISS on October 20, 2003. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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