Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, far left, NASA International Space Station Science Officer Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, far right, speak to members of the State Commission from behind glass at building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to their final fit check in the Soyuz, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
