Expedition 10 Preflight

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov talk aboard the crews' bus after their arrival to Baikonur, Kazakhstan from Star City, Russia, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004. The crew will prepare for their launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 14, 2004 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov will spend six months on the Station, while Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, who have been in space since April. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)