The International Space Station. Credit: NASA
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Monday, November 24, 2014

SOYUZ ROCKET ROLLS OUT

FROM:  NASA

Caption Credit:  NASA.  Expedition 42 Soyuz Rocket Rolls Out.  The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Nov. 24 and will carry Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA , and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.  Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani.



Sunday, December 16, 2012

LAUNCH DAY FOR EXPEDITION 29

 


FROM:  NASA
Soyuz on the Launch Pad

The is seen on the launch pad during a snow storm the morning of the launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011.