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JSC2006-E-40675 (18 Sept. 2006) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (right), Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Soyuz commander and flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari in unison give a "thumbs-up" signal as they await their launch to the International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sept. 18, 2006 at 10:09 a.m. Baikonur time. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls