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Expedition 47 Soyuz Raising

Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2016
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Expedition 47 Soyuz Raising
Image credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

Uploader comment: The gantry arms close around the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft to secure the rocket, as seen in this long exposure taken on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at launch pad 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 18 (March 19 Kazakh time) and will carry Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.


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