March 20, 2006. Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The prime crew (P.V.Vinogradov,  J. Williams, M. Pontes) and backup crew (F.N. Yurchikhin, M. Fincke, S.A. Volkov) of the Soyuz TMA-8  transport spacecraft accomplished the training during which they performed fit-check of individual cradles, leak and functional checks of spacesuits,  worked with  radio systems and  flight documentation, familiarized  with composition of ascent/descent cargoes, and had a lesson on science experiments.