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Cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Russia’s Federal Space Agency flight engineer and Soyuz commander, reports to space officials on the results of the dress rehearsal of their launch activities October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Sharipov; astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer; and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the ISS.