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Houston - October 3, 2000 Just weeks away from its historic launch to begin the permanent habitation of the new International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition One crew will hold a pre-launch news conference at 9 a.m. EDT, Monday, Oct. 9, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television, but questions will be limited to reporters in attendance at Star City. The Expedition One crew, comprised of American Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev, is scheduled to launch October 30 on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, from the same launch pad Yuri Gagarin was launched almost 40 years ago to become the first human to fly in space. The crew will dock to the ISS on Nov. 1. Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev will spend about 4 months aboard the ISS, activating critical station systems, conducting the first scientific experiments on the research facility and welcoming three visiting shuttle crews. They will return to Earth with the STS-102 astronauts next February on the same mission that will bring their replacements to the ISS for the second Expedition flight. The Expedition One news conference will take place following a meeting of Russian officials to review the crew's flight readiness. A final news conference involving the crewmembers will occur at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the eve of their launch and will also be broadcast live on NASA TV. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
Doorway To ISS Pass Critical Pre-Launch Test
Cape Canaveral - Oct. 2, 2000The Boeing-built Joint Airlock Module has successfully completed a series of leak checks in a vacuum chamber that is used to test the pressurized elements of the International Space Station.
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