Belgian astronaut Frank de Winne, with Russian crewmates Sergey Zaletin and Yuriy Lonchakov, waved just before the launch of the Soyuz TMA spaceship at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in October 2002. The Russian rocket lifted off from a launch site in the steppe, carrying two cosmonauts and a Belgian astronaut to the International Space Station for an eight-day mission. (© AP Images)