Expedition 21 Crew Prepares For Launch

Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev performs the traditional door signing Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Suraev was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket later that day with Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)