The Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket (front view) is shown on a rail car for transport to the launch pad where it was raised to a vertical launch position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on October 16, 2003. Liftoff occurred on October 18th, transporting a three man crew to the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard were Michael Foale, Expedition-8 Commander and NASA science officer; Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz Commander and flight engineer, both members of the Expedition-8 crew; and European Space agency (ESA) Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
The Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket (rear view) is shown on a rail car for transport to the launch pad where it was raised to a vertical launch position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on October 16, 2003. Liftoff occurred on October 18th, transporting a three man crew to the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard were Michael Foale, Expedition-8 Commander and NASA science officer; Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz Commander and flight engineer, both members of the Expedition-8 crew; and European Space agency (ESA) Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
ISS007-E-17736 (20 October 2003) --- This picture of a distant Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft was recorded by one of the Expedition 7 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, the Soyuz, carrying the two Expedition 8 crewmembers, astronaut C. Michael Foale, American commander and NASA ISS science officer, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, flight engineer and Soyuz commander, along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, docked with the Station at 2:16 a.m. CDT (0716 GMT) October 20. At the time of the actual docking, both spacecraft were orbiting Earth above Russia.
ISS007-E-17744 (20 October 2003) --- This picture of a distant Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft was recorded by one of the Expedition 7 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, the Soyuz, carrying the two Expedition 8 crewmembers, astronaut C. Michael Foale, American commander and NASA ISS science officer, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, flight engineer and Soyuz commander, along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, docked with the Station at 2:16 a.m. CDT (0716 GMT) October 20. At the time of the actual docking, both spacecraft were orbiting Earth above Russia.
ISS007-E-17748 (20 October 2003) --- Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft, carrying the two Expedition 8 crewmembers, astronaut C. Michael Foale, American commander and NASA ISS science officer; and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, flight engineer and Soyuz commander, along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, docked with the International Space Station at 2:16 a.m. CDT (0716 GMT) October 20. At the time of the actual docking, both spacecraft were orbiting Earth above Russia.
ISS007-E-17730 (20 October 2003) --- Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft, carrying the two Expedition 8 crewmembers, astronaut C. Michael Foale, American commander and NASA ISS science officer; and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, flight engineer and Soyuz commander, along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, docked with the International Space Station at 2:16 a.m. CDT (0716 GMT) October 20. At the time of the actual docking, both spacecraft were orbiting Earth above Russia.
Engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prepare to mate the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule with its booster rocket in preparation for a launch on April 19 of the Expedition 9 crew and a European astronaut to the International Space Station, Friday, April 16, 2004 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on a rail car to be transported to the launch pad and raised to its vertical launch position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003 in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003 in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003 in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The booster rocker of the Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003 in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003 in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003 in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, not seen, ride the elevator to the top of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to launch in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The main chute for the Soyuz capsule is prepared for folding, Friday, April 30, 2004, following the landing of the Expedition 8. Commander Michael Foale, Soyuz Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands landed in north central Kazakhstan in a Soyuz TMA-3 capsule. Foale and Kaleri completed 195 days in space aboard the International Space Station, while Kuipers returned after an 11-day research mission as part of a commercial agreement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, carrying Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. The trio will arrive at the ISS Oct. 20, as Foale and Kaleri take over command of Station operations for the next 6-1/2 months. Duque will return to Earth Oct. 28 with Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Science Officer Ed Lu in another Soyuz capsule already docked to the ISS. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on a rail car near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on a rail car near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on a rail car near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003 in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on a rail car near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on a rail car near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is raised, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, is briefed by a technician inside the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle in a processing facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Oct. 13, 2003 during an inspection of the spacecraft. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, carrying Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. The trio will arrive at the ISS Oct. 20, as Foale and Kaleri take over command of Station operations for the next 6-1/2 months. Duque will return to Earth Oct. 28 with Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Science Officer Ed Lu in another Soyuz capsule already docked to the ISS. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, carrying Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. The trio will arrive at the ISS Oct. 20, as Foale and Kaleri take over command of Station operations for the next 6-1/2 months. Duque will return to Earth Oct. 28 with Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Science Officer Ed Lu in another Soyuz capsule already docked to the ISS. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JSC2003-E-59221 (18 October 2003) --- The Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan October 18, 2003, carrying astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, representing Rosaviakosmos; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station (ISS). The trio will arrive at the ISS October 20, as Foale and Kaleri take over command of Station operations for the next 6 1/2 months. Duque will return to Earth October 28 with cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, representing Rosaviakosmos, and astronaut Ed Lu, NASA ISS science officer, in another Soyuz capsule already docked to the ISS. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
With a mockup of the defunct Russian "Buran" Space Shuttle sitting nearby, right, a Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003 in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Inside the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, left, briefs European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale, right, partially hidden, during a prelaunch inspection of the spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Oct. 13, 2003. The trio will be launched to the International Space Station on Oct. 18. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS009-E-05034 (29 April 2004) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule departs from the Station carrying astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, flight engineer representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Undocking occurred at 3:52 p.m. (CDT) on April 29.
ISS009-E-05024 (29 April 2004) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule departs from the Station carrying astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, flight engineer representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Undocking occurred at 3:52 p.m. (CDT) on April 29.
ISS009-E-05019 (29 April 2004) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule departs from the Station carrying astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, flight engineer representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Undocking occurred at 3:52 p.m. (CDT) on April 29.
ISS009-E-05027 (29 April 2004) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule departs from the Station carrying astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, flight engineer representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Undocking occurred at 3:52 p.m. (CDT) on April 29.
JSC2003-E-59158 (16 October 2003) --- The Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket were transported on a rail car to its launch pad and raised to its vertical launch position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on October 16, 2003, in preparation for liftoff October 18 to carry astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, representing Rosaviakosmos; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
JSC2003-E-59150 (16 October 2003) --- The Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket were transported on a rail car to its launch pad and raised to its vertical launch position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on October 16, 2003, in preparation for liftoff October 18 to carry astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, representing Rosaviakosmos; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
JSC2003-E-59146 (16 October 2003) --- The Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket were transported on a rail car to its launch pad and raised to its vertical launch position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on October 16, 2003, in preparation for liftoff October 18 to carry astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, representing Rosaviakosmos; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
JSC2012-E-042221 (April 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of April 19, 2012. Progress 46 undocks from the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is docked to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) and Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-042222 (April 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of April 22, 2012. Progress 47 docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is docked to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) and Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-036590 (March 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of March 28, 2012. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? docks to the Zvezda Service Module. Progress 46 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1) and Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-042223 (April 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of April 27, 2012. Soyuz 28 (TMA-22) undocks from the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Progress 47 is docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is seen at the Soyuz launch pad secured by its scaffolding at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 24 on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 carrying Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia to the International Space Station. Their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched at 3:35 a.m Kazakhstan time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, top, Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, center, and Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin prepare to board their Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Walker, Wheelock and Yurchikhin launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 carrying Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia to the International Space Station. Their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched at 3:35 a.m Kazakhstan time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 carrying Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia to the International Space Station. Their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched at 3:35 a.m Kazakhstan time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 carrying Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia to the International Space Station. Their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched at 3:35 a.m Kazakhstan time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
JSC2012-E-214799 (September 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Sept. 12, 2012. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) is unberthed from the Harmony nadir port. Progress 48 is docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 31 (TMA-05M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is docked to the Zvezda Service Module and Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-107190 (August 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of August 2, 2012. Progress 48 docks to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) is connected to the Harmony nadir port. Soyuz 31 (TMA-05M) is docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module and Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-107187 (July 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of July 27, 2012. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) is berthed to the Harmony nadir port. Soyuz 31 (TMA-05M) is docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module and Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2010-E-008593 (January 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Jan. 23, 2010. Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 (PMA-3) is relocated from the Unity node port to the Harmony node zenith port to allow for the arrival of the Tranquility module (Node 3). Soyuz 20 (TMA-16) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) is linked to the Zarya nadir port and Progress 35 resupply vehicle remains docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment.
JSC2012-E-107189 (July 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of July 30, 2012. Progress 47 completes final undocking from the Pirs Docking Compartment. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) is connected to the Harmony nadir port. Soyuz 31 (TMA-05M) is docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module and Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-107188 (July 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of July 28, 2012. Progress 47 redocks to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) is connected to the Harmony nadir port. Soyuz 31 (TMA-05M) is docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module and Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is linked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-064353 (May 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 31, 2012. The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is unberthed from the Harmony node for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Progress 47 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-064352 (May 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 25, 2012. The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is berthed to the Harmony node. Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Progress 47 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-214800 (September 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Sept. 16, 2012. Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) undocks from the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), returning Expedition 32 crew members (Padalka, Acaba, Revin) to Earth. Progress 48 is docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Soyuz 31 (TMA-05M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is linked to the Zvezda Service Module. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-096603 (July 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of July 1, 2012. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) undocks from the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1), returning Expedition 31 crew members (Kononenko, Pettit and Kuipers) to Earth. Progress 47 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module and Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-103017 (July 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of July 17, 2012. Soyuz 31 (TMA-05M) docks to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1), bringing Expedition 32 crew members (Sunita Williams, Yuri Malenchenko, Aki Hoshide) to the space station. Progress 47 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module and Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2012-E-064351 (May 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of May 16, 2012. Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) docks to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), bringing Expedition 31/32 crew members (Padalka, Revin, Acaba) to the space station. Progress 47 is docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) ?Edoardo Amaldi? is attached to the Zvezda Service Module. Soyuz 29 (TMA-03M) is linked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2010-E-008591 (January 2010) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Jan. 11, 2010. Over a two-day robotic operation, External Stowage Platform 3 (ESP-3) is relocated from the P3 truss upper site to the S3 truss lower site. Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) is docked to the Zarya nadir port. Progress 35 resupply vehicle is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment and Soyuz 20 (TMA-16) remains docked to the Zvezda Service Module?s aft port.
ISS022-E-014338 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014385 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014319 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014343 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014370 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014302 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
ISS022-E-014350 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
11-44-49-3: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency poses for pictures as he boards the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. Gerst, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
ISS022-E-014333 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
59-49-3: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA poses for pictures as he boards the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. Wiseman, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
55-17-3: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. The trio will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
ISS022-E-014393 (22 Dec. 2009) --- The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A docked Russian spacecraft is at top left.
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, foreground and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, not pictured, are escorted to the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003. The trio were launched on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The flags of the Russia, the United States and Kazakhstan are seen at the launch pad after the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft was rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 Russian Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikin, and NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, top, Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, center, and Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Walker, Wheelock and Yurchikhin launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, and Russian Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, and Russian Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
October 13, 2003. Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale (left) is briefed by a technician (right) inside the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle in a processing facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 13, 2003 during an inspection of the spacecraft. Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri (center) and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain will be launched in the Soyuz Oct. 18 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit"NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, top, Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, center, and Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Walker, Wheelock and Yurchikhin launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Skvortsov, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan Time on Wednesday, March 26. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, far right, and Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, third from right, are escorted to the Soyuz rocket at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Yurchikhin, Wheelock and Flight Engineer Shannon Walker launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket at 3:35 a.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen in this long exposure as it is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, center, speaks with his family during Russian Sokol suit pressure checks in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Swanson, Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Wednesday, March 26. (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, and Russian Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA speaks with his family during Russian Sokol suit pressure checks in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Swanson, Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Wednesday, March 26. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Swanson, Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Wednesday, March 26. (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Skvortsov, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan Time on Wednesday, March 26. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen in this long exposure as it is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, speaks with his family during Russian Sokol suit pressure checks in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Artemyev, Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Wednesday, March 26. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
KAZAKHASTAN - 200912180012HQ - The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft, with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the United States, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia, and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, at 3:52 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
13-48-12: At the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signs a wall mural of a Soyuz rocket launch during traditional pre-flight activities Nov. 3. Wakata, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, center, is escorted to the Soyuz rocket at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket at 3:35 a.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for Monday, Dec., 21, 2009 at 3:52a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)