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JSC2003-E-31973 (5 May 2002) --- Rescue team members assemble an extraction stand to assist the ISS Soyuz 4 taxi crew members to egress from their Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft at the landing site near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. The spacecraft, with its crew of three still inside, is out of frame here in this scene taken minutes after the landing, which occurred around 7:52 a.m. Moscow time on May 5, 2002. The crew members were Yuri Gidzenko, commander; Roberto Vittori, flight engineer; and space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth of South Africa. Gidzenko is with Rosaviakosmos and Vittori represents the European Space Agency (ESA). Photo Credit: NASA/Marty Linde

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 05/01/2003
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