A Soyuz spacecraft lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, at 10:54 p.m. (CDT) on Saturday, April 26, 2003. Onboard were cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)

A Soyuz spacecraft lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, at 10:54 p.m. (CDT) on Saturday, April 26, 2003. Onboard were Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander, and Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)

Photographer NASA/Scott Andrews

Date April 26, 2003

ROSCOSMOS Russian Federal Space Agency Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan Baikonur Expedition 7 Soyuz Rocket Expedition 7 Launch Soyuz Launch Pad