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BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - DECEMBER 8: The Soyuz 2.1a carrier rocket with the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft carrying Japanese space tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Y...

The Russian Soyuz TMA-22 space ship which will carry a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is transported from a hangar to the launch pa...

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In this image provided by NASA, Expedition 72 crew members, from left, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan...

A Russian Soyuz TMA-22 space ship which will carry a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is transported to the launch pad of the Russian...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP The inside view of the collapsed part of the building in Baikonur cosmodrome 13 May 2002. Russian emergency services have disco...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Soviet Space Shuttle "Buran" ("Snowstorm") is landing on the Baikonur Space Center runway (Kazakstan) after a successfull first...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP The Soyuz-TMA-2 spacecraft is transported to the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome early 24 April 2003. The launch of the So...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Soviet Space Shuttle "Buran" ("Snowstorm") blasts off from its launching pad at the Baikonur Space Center runway (Kazakstan) her...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS / WOJTEK LASKI Proton - rosyjska rakieta nosna. Po raz pierwszy zostala zastosowana w 1965 r. Rakieta moze wyniesc na niska orbite...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A general view of the collapsed building at the Baikonur cosmodrome, 13 May 2002. Russian emergency services have discovered the...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES The Soyuz rocket travelling via rail to the launch pad SOYUZ ROCKET BEING ROLLED OUT FOR LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS / WOJTEK LASKI Proton - rosyjska rakieta nosna. Po raz pierwszy zostala zastosowana w 1965 r. Rakieta moze wyniesc na niska orbite...

A woman walks under snowfall in front of a Soyuz rocket installed as a monument in Baikonur city, near the Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome o...

Specialists conduct prelaunch checks on the European Space Agency's Venus Express probe at Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. The...

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS KAZACHSTAN, KOSMODROM BAJKONUR, RAKIETA KOSMICZNA ZSRR KAZAKHSTAN, BAIKONUR COSMODROME, SPACE ROCKET OF THE USSR

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS KAZACHSTAN, KOSMODROM BAJKONUR, MIESZKANIEC KAZACHSTANU Z ORLEM STEPOWYM. KAZAKHSTAN, BAIKONUR COSMODROME, HABITANT...

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS KAZACHSTAN, KOSMODROM BAJKONUR, PROM KOSMICZNY. N/z: w glebi najwiekszy samolot swiata An-225 Mrija KAZAKHSTAN, B...

Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 3 hurtles into space after being launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Oct. 26, 1968. Image taken from televisi...

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS KAZACHSTAN, KOSMODROM BAJKONUR. KAZAKHSTAN, BAIKONUR COSMODROME.

Soyuz-Fregat rocket with the Venus Express probe installed on a launching site at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005. A bla...

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS KAZACHSTAN, KOSMODROM BAJKONUR, PLAKAT KOSMONAUTY J. GAGARINA KAZAKHSTAN, BAIKONUR COSMODROME, POSTER OF COSMONAUT...

In this image taken from television Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev, left, and U.S. astronaut William McArthur are seen on board the Russian Soyuz-TM...

A Russian Proton-M rocket, carrying a U.S. Intelsat-10 satellite, is transported to a launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nat...

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS KAZACHSTAN, KOSMODROM BAJKONUR. KAZAKHSTAN, BAIKONUR COSMODROME.

A Russian Proton-M booster with a U.S. built AMS-23/WorldSat satellite aboard stands at a launch pad at the Russian-rented Baikonur Cosmodrome in the...

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS Z lewej najwiekszy samolot swiata An-225 Mrija KAZACHSTAN, KOSMODROM BAJKONUR. PAS STARTOWY KAZAKHSTAN, BAIKO...

Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 8 hurtles into space after being launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Oct. 13, 1969. The spacecraft will follo...

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS KAZACHSTAN, KOSMODROM BAJKONUR, PROM KOSMICZNY. KAZAKHSTAN, BAIKONUR COSMODROME, SPACE SHUTTLE.

The GIOVE-A, the first satellite in the EU's Galileo satellite navigation program, mated with the Soyuz launcher that will carry it into orbit, sits i...

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS KAZACHSTAN, KOSMODROM BAJKONUR, ODRZUTOWIEC KAZAKHSTAN, BAIKONUR COSMODROME, JET PLANE

A Russian Proton-M rocket is seen before blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sunday, May 22, 2005. The rocket launched a U.S. telecom...

The European Space Agency's Venus Express probe with Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket boosterlifts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhs...

Russian Soyuz-U rocket booster with Progress M-52 space is ready to blast off a launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Tuesday morning, March 1...

Russia's space agency officers work on the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept....

A municipal worker paints a sculpture of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 30,...

A guard escorts a Russian unmanned Soyuz booster as it is moved to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan,...

A Russian rocket booster with a Soyuz spacecraft is positioned on a launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 13, 2005. Th...

A crowd gather on a Moscow street to listen to radio news about Soviet space craft Vostok 3, manned by Soviet cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev, which was l...

Proton-M/Briz-M rocket with telecommunications satellite Anik F1R of the Canadian Telesat company aboard rises at a launch pad of the the Russian-rent...

The Russian Soyuz rocket booster with the Soyuz TMA-6 spaceship is taken to a launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday, April 13,...

The Russian spacecraft Soyuz-U with the Progress M-54 cargo capsule is being lifted at a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Tuesday,...

Soviet cosmonauts Lt. Col. Alexei Leonov, left, and Col. Pavel Belyayev wave in response to cheers from the crowd on hand to greet them at Moscow Airp...

Russian specialists adjust U.S. astronaut William McArthur, center, at a sit for the pressure test prior to the launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Sat...

Russian Soyuz TMA-02M rocket is mounted at a launch pad in a Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome on June 5, 2011. Japanese astronaut Satoshi Fur...

Specialists conduct prelaunch checks on the European Space Agency's Venus Express probe at Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. The...

A member of the next space crew tries on his space suits at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005. The next crew will blast off from Baiko...

A Russian Proton-M booster containing a U.S. built AMS-23/WorldSat satellite is prepared for launch at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in the...

Proton-M/Briz-M rocket with telecommunications satellite Anik F1R of the Canadian Telesat company aboard is transported to a launch pad of the Russian...

A police officer with a dog on guard as the Russian Soyuz rocket booster with the Soyuz TMA-6 spaceship is taken to a launch pad at the Baikonur cosmo...