Marco Polo crew

The Soyuz 'taxi' crewmembers pose for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are Commander Yuri Gidzenko, who was a member of the first resident crew of the ISS; Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency (ESA); and South African space flight participant Mark Shuttleworth. The “taxi” crew arrived at the orbital outpost on April 27, 2002 at 2:56 a.m. (CDT) as the two vehicles flew over Central Asia. Gidzenko represents Rosaviakosmos.