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Two Soyuz Taxi crewmembers, Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori (left) of the European Space Agency (ESA) and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth, are photographed in the Pirs docking compartment on the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz Taxi Commander Yuri Gidzenko, representing Rosaviakosmos, is out of frame. The “taxi” crew arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia