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Day 4: Wednesday 24 October 2001

24 October 2001

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French astronaut Claudie Haignere, right, and her Russian crewmates Viktor Afanasyev, center, and Konstantin Kozeyev train inside the mock-up of a Soyuz TM spacecraft in Star City, Thursday, July 5, 2001. They are to blast off to the international space station in October. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

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Claudie Haigneré explains the Portapres experiment jacket to fellow Andromède crew members Victor Afanassiev and Konstantin Kozeev. (Toulouse, June 2001) (Photo: Patrick Dumas/CNES).

Day 11: Return journey to Earth Day 10: Last day on ISS for Andromède crew Day 8: Claudie's tour of the Space Station Day 7: Experiments continue to schedule Day 6: Prize awarded to ISS partners Day 5: In-flight with Schwartzenberg Day 3: Soyuz docking and boarding ISS Day 2: Chasing the ISS in orbit Day 1: Build up to the launch - photo report