Expedition 8 crewmembers attend pre-launch inspection briefing at Baikonur

JSC2003-E-59058 (13 October 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale (left), Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Soyuz commander and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain receive a briefing in a processing facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan during a pre-launch inspection of their Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft. The trio is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on October 18 onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri represents Rosaviakosmos. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls