Expedition 13 Preflight

Prime and backup crew members for the upcoming mission to the International Space Station wave at the camera at Baikonur Cosmodrome during the final pressure checks of their suits. Backup crew: Sergei Volkov, standing left, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Soyuz crew member; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Commander; and Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, standing right, Science Officer and Flight Engineer. Prime crew: Marcos Pontes, seated left, Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member; Expedition 13 crew members Pavel V. Vinogradov, Commander, and Jeffrey N. Williams, seated right, Science Officer and Flight Engineer. Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Thursday, March 30, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)