Russian security officers get into place as the train that will carry the Soyuz rocket to the launch pad is prepared for rollout on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft, scheduled to launch April 20 Baikonur time, will carry Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.
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Russian security officers get into place as the train that will carry the Soyuz rocket to the launch pad is prepared for rollout on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft, scheduled to launch April 20 Baikonur time, will carry Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.