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Backdropped against the blackness of space, the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station (ISS). Onboard the spacecraft are the Expedition Seven crewmembers, cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, mission commander representing Rosaviakosmos, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer. The Soyuz docked at the functional cargo block (FGB) nadir port at 12:56 a.m. (CDT) on April 28, 2003