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International Space Station Imagery
Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft rolls to launch pad
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JSC2008-E-032240 (6 April 2008) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan April 6, 2008 in preparation for launch April 8 to carry new residents and a spaceflight participant to the International Space Station. Expedition 17 and Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko and South Korean spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi will launch aboard the Soyuz and arrive at the station on April 10 to begin what will be six months in space for Volkov and Kononenko and nine days on the complex for Yi. The Soyuz began the move from its assembly and integration building to the launch pad on a railcar at sunrise, arriving at the pad several hours later for final technical preparations. Photo Credit: NASA /Victor Zelentsov

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 04/07/2008
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