From left: crew members of the Souyz TMA 14 spacecraft for the International Space Station Hungarian-born U.S. software designer and space tourist Charles Simonyi, Russian cosmonaut and crew commander Gennay Padalka, American astronaut Michael Barratt, and the reserved crew: American astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, American space tourist Esther Dyson are seen behind a safety glass during a news conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. A new space crew is to blast off for the international space station on Thursday, in a Russian-made Soyuz TMA 114 capsule. AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

From left: crew members of the Souyz TMA 14 spacecraft for the International Space Station Hungarian-born U.S. software designer and space tourist Charles Simonyi, Russian cosmonaut and crew commander Gennay Padalka, American astronaut Michael Barratt, and the reserved crew: American astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, American space tourist Esther Dyson are seen behind a safety glass during a news conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. A new space crew is to blast off for the international space station on Thursday, in a Russian-made Soyuz TMA 114 capsule.

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