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The International Space Station's next residents are preparing for their upcoming mission.

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Crew members are Expedition 10 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Leroy Chiao,

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and Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov.

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Their six-month mission will begin Oct. 9 with a launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Dr. Chiao, a chemical engineer, became an astronaut in 1991.

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A veteran of three Space Shuttle flights, he's logged more than 36 days in orbit, including 26 hours in spacewalks.

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Sharipov graduated from Moscow State University and the Air Force Pilot School, becoming a cosmonaut in 1992.

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In 1998, he served as a mission specialist on the crew of STS-89, the eighth Shuttle mission to dock with Russia's Mir space station.

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Expedition 10's primary mission is to continue maintaining the station while performing as many scientific tasks as possible.

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