At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the three crewmembers who will round out the Expedition 30 crew on the International Space Station pose for pictures following a fit check in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft Dec. 9, 2011. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (center) and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers (right) will launch Dec. 21 to the station from Baikonur. Credit: NASA
Date December 9, 2011