The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is obscured by the venting of liquid oxygen on it's launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 just hours before its launch to send the crew of Expedition 30 NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)