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Expedition 10 overview
A brief preview of the Expedition 10 mission aboard the International Space Station is provided in this narrated video. (5min 03sec file)
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Expedition 10 crew
This narrated biography offers an interest glimpse at the backgrounds of Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao and flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov. (4min 43sec file)
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Soyuz final assembly
Technicians attach the escape tower and mount the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule to the launch vehicle's core stage during final assembly of the Soyuz rocket that will carry the Expedition 10 crew. (1min 37sec file)
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Rolling to the pad
The Expedition 10 crew's Soyuz rocket is transported by locomotive from its assembly hangar to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad at sunrise on Oct. 12. (2min 02sec file)
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Soyuz goes vertical
The Soyuz rocket is lifted upright to stand on the launch pad following its morning rollout in preparation for liftoff to the International Space Station. (1min 18sec file)
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Suffredini interview
This interview with space station deputy program manager Michael Suffredini was taped just after the Soyuz rocket arrived at the launch pad. (1min 07sec file)
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Soyuz inpsection
The three Soyuz crew mates give the TMA-5 spacecraft a final pre-launch inspection in the processing hangar. (39sec file)
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Pad tour
The Expedition 10 crew gets the opportunity to tour the Soyuz launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in the days before their liftoff. (55sec file)
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Chiao interview
Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao provides comments affter performing the final inpsection of the Soyuz capsule and visiting the launch pad just a few days before liftoff. (4min 18sec file)
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Photo gallery: Soyuz rocket rolls to the launch pad
Posted: October 12, 2004







The Soyuz rocket to launch the Expedition 10 crew to the International Space Station is rolled from its assembly building to the Baikonur Cosmodrome pad. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
 

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