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10 Up, 9 Down
Leroy Chiao, left, and Salizhan S. Sharipov headed toward the International Space Station Wednesday night with launch aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule. Chiao, an American astronaut, is commander of the Expedition 10 mission, while Sharipov, of Russia’s Federal Space Agency, is flight engineer. They will dock with the station Friday night, and enter it early Saturday. The Expedition 9 crew will return to Earth on October 23, leaving Chiao and Sharipov for a six-month tour of duty. [Credit: NASA]
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