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JSC2004-E-19675 (14 April 2004) --- Cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (left foreground), Russia’s Federal Space Agency backup Expedition 9 flight engineer; astronaut Leroy Chiao (left center background), NASA backup commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) backup astronaut Gerhard P. J. Thiele (right center background) of Germany talk with Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (right foreground) after the backup crew finished it's final fit check in the Soyuz capsule, building 254, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 04/22/2004
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