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JSC2004-E-19685 (14 April 2004) --- Cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka (left), Russia’s Federal Space Agency Expedition 9 mission commander, exits the Soyuz capsule after the crew’s final fit check at building 254, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Expedition 9 is scheduled to launch on April 19, 2004, to the International Space Station (ISS) for arrival on April 21. Padalka and Fincke will spend six months on the ISS, replacing the Expedition 8 crew, which has been aboard the Station since October 20, 2003. Kuipers, who is flying under a commercial contract between ESA and Russia’s Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth with the Expedition 8 crew on April 30, 2004. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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