Thursday October 14th 2004, a Soyuz vehicule left Baïkonour for the Internation Space Station. Onboard is ISS expedition crew 10: astronaut Leroy Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov. The third seat will be occupied by visiting crew member Yuri Shargin.

We have an agreement with Energia, the Russian Space Agency, for two ARISS School Contacts to be performed by Yuri Shargin during his short stay onboard.