Expedition 8 and Expedition 9 Onboard

The Expedition 8 and 9 crews and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands are viewed on the front screen of the Flight Control Room at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 21, 2004, in a televised welcoming ceremony following their docking to the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Under the televised view of the two crews is the insignia of the Expedition 9 crew, consisting of commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Michael Fincke, who will spend six months on the Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)