September 4, 2006. Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The prime and backup crews of the 14th long-duration expedition and 11th visiting crew of the ISS proceeded to the final training phase at the processing facility. Mikhail Tyurin, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Anoushek Ansari performed a fit check of Sokol-KB spacesuits. The cosmonauts and astronauts inspected Soyuz TMA-9 space vehicle, accomplished a fit check of the individual seat liners, became familiar with the flight data files and the list of cargo to be delivered, verified functionality of the radio communication equipment, as well as had a lesson on the scientific experiments.