April 7, 2004. Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The prime crew (Gannadi Padalka (Russia), Michael Fincke (NASA), Andre Kuipers (ESA)) and backup crew (Salizhan S. Sharipov (Russia), Leroy Chiao (NASA), Gerhard Thiele (ESA)) of the Soyuz TMA-4 transport spacecraft arrived to the cosmodrome to accomplish training and accept the spacecraft.