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Expedition 19 Launch Day. NASA public domain image colelction.
Expedition 19 Launch Day (200903260016HQ)
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Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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11/06/2012
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