Expedition Nine Preflight and Misson Photographs

JSC2004-E-19914 (15 April 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke (left), NASA International Space Station (ISS) science officer and flight engineer; cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka (center), Russia�s Federal Space Agency Expedition 9 mission commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers (right) of the Netherlands pose for a group photo after the flag raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls