File:Soyuz TM-31 launch.jpg

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DescriptionSoyuz TM-31 launch.jpg	English: A Soyuz spacecraft lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:53 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Onboard were Expedition One commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Soyuz commander Yuri P. Gidzenko and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer.
Date	31 October 2000
Source	http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-1/html/iss01_s_006.html (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-1/hires/iss01_s_006.jpg direct link])
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