Spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi (from second left facing camera), cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 19 commander; astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 19 flight engineer; cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer; astronaut Jeffrey Williams, backup commander; and backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson report the results of their final inspection of the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft to Russian space officials at the integration facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 20. The prime crew and Simonyi are near the end of prelaunch preparations for liftoff March 26 to the International Space Station.
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NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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Spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi (from second left facing camera), cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 19 commander; astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 19 flight engineer; cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer; astronaut Jeffrey Williams, backup commander; and backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson report the results of their final inspection of the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft to Russian space officials at the integration facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 20. The prime crew and Simonyi are near the end of prelaunch preparations for liftoff March 26 to the International Space Station.