Expedition 8 Launch Day

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, seated left, looks at Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri as he makes an adjustment while suiting up, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan prior to their departure for the launch pad with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque. The trio were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)