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Soyuz rocket rolls to launch pad

The Russian Soyuz rocket that will launch the Expedition 21 crew to the International Space Station was transported from its assembly facility to the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday morning.

Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls





















Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

 

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