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| The Expedition 11 crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:46 p.m. EDT
Thursday April 14, 2005, right on schedule. |
The Expedition 11 crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:46 p.m. EDT Thursday April 14, 2005, right on schedule. | The Expedition 11 crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:46 p.m. EDT Thursday April 14, 2005, right on schedule. | The Expedition 11 crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:46 p.m. EDT Thursday April 14, 2005, right on schedule. |
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| ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori prepares for launch. | ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori (middle of the ladder) and NASA astronaut John Phillips are about to launch to the International Space Station on the Soyuz vehicle. | Seated,
from left to right: NASA astronaut John Phillips,
cosmonaut Serguei Krikalev and ESA astronaut Roberto
Vittori. Standing, from left to right: Russian cosmonauts Dan Tani and Mikhail Tyurin, and Robert Brent Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency backup astronaut to Roberto Vittori. |
Robert Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency backup astronaut to Roberto Vittori. |
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| ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori prepares for launch. | From left to right: NASA astronaut John Phillips, Russian cosmonaut Serguei Krikalev and ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori. | ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori prepares for launch. | ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori prepares for launch. |
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| The Soyuz launcher on the launch pad. | Astronauts John Phillips, NASA (left) and Roberto Vittori, European Space Agency (ESA). | Cosmonaut Serguei Krikalev, Russian Space Agency,
and astronauts John Phillips, NASA, and Roberto Vittori, ESA. |
The mission team (from left to right) : Robert Brent Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency (CSA), backup astronaut to Roberto Vittori, Russian cosmonauts Dan Tani, Mikhail Tyurin and Serguei Krikalev, NASA
astronaut John Phillips, and Roberto Vittori, ESA astronaut. |
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| The upper stage of the Soyuz launcher. | The Soyuz launcher on the launch pad. | NASA astronaut John Phillips (left), Russian cosmonaut Serguei Krikalev, and ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori. | NASA astronaut John Phillips (left), Russian cosmonaut Serguei Krikalev, and ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori. |
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| The mission team (from
left to right) : Robert Brent Thirsk, Canadian Space
Agency (CSA), backup astronaut to Roberto Vittori,
Russian cosmonauts Dan Tani, Mikhail Tyurin and
Serguei Krikalev, NASA astronaut John Phillips, and Roberto Vittori, ESA astronaut. |
Robert Brent Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency, backup astronaut to Roberto Vittori. | Robert Brent Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency, backup astronaut to Roberto Vittori. | The Soyuz launcher on its launch pad. |
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| Transportation of the Soyuz launcher to the launch pad. | Transportation of the Soyuz launcher to the launch pad. | Transportation of the Soyuz launcher to the launch pad. | The Soyuz launcher is being transported from its assembly facility to the launch pad. |
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| Transportation of the Soyuz launcher to the launch pad. | Transportation of the Soyuz launcher to the launch pad. | Transportation of the Soyuz launcher to the launch pad. | Transportation of the Soyuz launcher to the launch pad. |
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| Transportation of the Soyuz launcher to the launch pad. | Dr. Jean-Marc Comtois, Director, Operational Space Medicine, is photographed in front of the Soyuz launcher during its transportation. | The Soyuz launcher on its launch pad. |
