Expedition 11 Launch Day

NASA's Chief Astronaut Kent Rommenger, standing left, talks with Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev, right, Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips prior to launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, April 15, 2005, for a two-day trip to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)