Stock Photo - Outside the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the prime and backup crews for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft to the International Space Station participated in the traditional raising of flags March 13, 2009 to commemorate final prelaunch preparations. From left to right are cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, prime crew Expedition 19 commander; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, prime crew Expedition 19 flight engineer; and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi; along with their backups, NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, commander; cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, flight engineer; and spaceflight participant Esther Dyson. Padalka, Barratt and Simonyi are scheduled to launch March 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a two-day trip to the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: NASAVictor Zelentsov

Stock Photo: Outside the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the prime and backup crews for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft to the International.

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