April 26, 2003, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer for Expedition Seven smiles for a photo during the bus ride to the launch pad. Lu and fellow crew member Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Commander were launched onboard a Soyuz rocket at 9:53am from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"