The Expedition 14 crew enjoys a traditional Kazakh meal at a Baikonur, Kazakhstan restaurant as they prepare for their launch on Sept. 18, 2006.
Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (left), Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer and Soyuz commander representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency; and spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari enjoy a traditional Kazakh meal at a Baikonur, Kazakhstan restaurant as they prepare for their launch Sept. 18, 2006 on a Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Photo credit: Victor Zelentsov/NASA