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29-10-2002 Baikonur cosmodrome

Preparation for launching Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-1
spacecraft to the International Space Station is in good progress.

A meeting of the State Board for the launch of the fourth Russian 
visiting crew to the ISS was held. The State Board approved the Soyuz 
TMA-1 prime crew consisting of Sergei Zaletin, Commander, flight 
cosmonaut of RF, Instructor-test-cosmonaut of Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut 
Training Center; Frank De Winne, Flight Engineer, ESA's Belgian 
astronaut and Yuri Lonchakov, Flight Engineer, test-cosmonaut of Yu. 
A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.  The backup crew consisting of 
Yuri Lonchakov, Commander, and Alexander Lazutkin, Flight Engineer, 
flight cosmonaut of RF, test-cosmonaut of RSC Energia.

The State Board confirmed the scheduled launch date and time, i.e. 
October 30, 2002 at 06:11 a.m. Moscow time (03:11 UTC).

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