French astronaut Claudie Haignere, center, poses with her Russian crewmates Viktor Afanasyev, right, and Konstantin Kozeyev at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001. Haignere and her two Russian crewmates are to blast off to the international space station Oct. 21, 2001. (AP Photo/Mikhail Grachyev, Pool)