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JSC2004-E-21504 (17 April 2004) --- The flags, from top to bottom, of Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, the United States of America and Russia fly in the stiff breeze at the Soyuz launch pad. The Soyuz TMA-4 capsule and its booster rocket are raised into position at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 17, 2004, in preparation for the launch of the Expedition 9 crew and a European researcher to the International Space Station (ISS) April 19. The Soyuz vehicle is transported to the launch pad horizontally on a railcar from its processing hangar in a process that takes about 2.5 hours to complete. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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