BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - OCTOBER 10: In this handout provided by NASA the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft arrives at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on October 10, 2008 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch on October 12, 2008 is to carry Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and American Spaceflight Participant Richard Garriott (the sixth Space Tourist) to the International Space Station. The three crew members will dock their Soyuz to the International Space Station on October 14, 2008. Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth on October 24, 2008 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - OCTOBER 10: In this handout provided by NASA the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft arrives at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on October 10, 2008 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch on October 12, 2008 is to carry Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and American Spaceflight Participant Richard Garriott (the sixth Space Tourist) to the International Space Station. The three crew members will dock their Soyuz to the International Space Station on October 14, 2008. Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth on October 24, 2008 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station.

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