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Symbolizing the completion of its preflight training in the United States, the Expedition One crew is treated to a celebratory cake from the training team in the Mission Simulation and Training Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The international crew, from the left, Russian cosmonauts Yuri P. Gidzenko and Sergei K. Krikalev, along with U.S. astronaut William M. Shepherd, departed August 10 for Star City, Russia, where they will continue to train until their scheduled October 30 launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. They will be the first long-duration residents of the station.