Expedition 8 Launch Day

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, clockwise from lower left, Gen. Valery Korzun, the Chief of the Cosmonaut Corps, Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain watch home videos aboard the
bus transporting the crew to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to the crew's launch to the Interrnational Space Station. The viewing of home videos on the bus is one of many prelaunch traditions for all departing crews. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)