Expedition 12 Commander William S. McArthur, Jr. (second from left), Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Valery I. Tokarev (third from left), U.S. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen (far left) sit behind protective glass for a prelaunch news conference at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. McArthur, Tokarev and Olsen are preparing for launch October 1 on their Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft to the international space station. Also viewed are backup Spaceflight Participant Sergei Kostenko (far right), backup Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin (third from right) and backup Commander Jeffrey N. Williams (second from right).
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Baikonur
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NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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Expedition 12 Commander William S. McArthur, Jr. (second from left), Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Valery I. Tokarev (third from left), U.S. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen (far left) sit behind protective glass for a prelaunch news conference at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. McArthur, Tokarev and Olsen are preparing for launch October 1 on their Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft to the international space station. Also viewed are backup Spaceflight Participant Sergei Kostenko (far right), backup Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin (third from right) and backup Commander Jeffrey N. Williams (second from right).