The Soyuz rocket is seen in the monitor of a video camera moments before Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin arrive to board the rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Padalka, Revin, and Acaba launched at 9:01 a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 15 (11:01 pm on May 14, Eastern Time) for a 2 day trip to the International Space Station. The crew returned to Earth on September 17.
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Baikonur
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NASA/Bill Ingalls
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The Soyuz rocket is seen in the monitor of a video camera moments before Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin arrive to board the rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Padalka, Revin, and Acaba launched at 9:01 a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 15 (11:01 pm on May 14, Eastern Time) for a 2 day trip to the International Space Station. The crew returned to Earth on September 17.