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(left to right) Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin; cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, Russia's Federal Space Agency Expedition 10 flight engineer and Soyuz commander; astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Valery Tokarev, backup Soyuz commander; and astronaut William S. McArthur, backup Expedition 10 commander, follow the lead of an instructor (out of frame at left) for early morning exercises on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Chiao, Sharipov and Shargin are scheduled to launch October 14 on their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft to the ISS. Shargin will return with the Expedition 9 crew eight days after arrival onboard the orbiting complex while the other two will put in approximately six months of work and research onboard the station.