The Soyuz rocket is seen as it approaches the Soyuz launch pad in the distance on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The TMA-02M spacecraft will carry Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa to the Internationa Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Photographer NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date June 5, 2011