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JSC2003-E-60949 (18 October 2003) --- Rosaviakosmos Deputy Director-General Nikolai Moiseev (left) offers a final farewell to astronaut C. Michael Foale (rear), Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri (center), Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque (foreground) of Spain prior to their departure from their suit up facility to the launch pad October 18, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio was launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle, arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) on October 20, 2003. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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