NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson of the U.S. (L) and her backup astronaut Michael Fincke of the U.S. raise the U.S national flag at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan September 29, 2007. Whitson will head the 16th ISS crew that is scheduled to leave earth October 10. Picture taken September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Sergei Remezov (KAZAKHSTAN)