The prime and backup crews for the Oct. 1 launch of the Soyuz TMA-7 capsule to the International Space Station discuss launch preparations Sept. 27, 2005 with member of the Russian State Space Commission at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are U.S. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen, Expedition 12 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 Commander William S. McArthur Jr. , backup Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin, backup Commander Jeffrey N. Williams and backup Spaceflight Participant Sergei Kostenko.
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Baikonur
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NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Description
The prime and backup crews for the Oct. 1 launch of the Soyuz TMA-7 capsule to the International Space Station discuss launch preparations Sept. 27, 2005 with member of the Russian State Space Commission at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are U.S. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen, Expedition 12 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 Commander William S. McArthur Jr. , backup Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin, backup Commander Jeffrey N. Williams and backup Spaceflight Participant Sergei Kostenko.