Stock Photo Description: JSC2006-E-11938 (30 March 2006) --- Astronaut Marcos Pontes, Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member (left), and cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Russia?s Federal Space Agency Expedition 13 commander, point out friends and family watching them during the pressure checks on their suits. The two launched onboard the Soyuz with astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.
