Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, left sitting, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, right sitting, don their flight suits prior to launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. The three launched at sunset in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls)
