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A file picture taken on June 21, 2011 shows a Russian Progress M-11M rocket blasting off from a Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome to the Inter...

Russian policemen secure the Soyuz TMA-21 rocket which is being transported to a launch pad in a Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome on April 2,...

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...

A Russian Soyuz TMA-21 rocket is being transported to a launch pad in a Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome on April 2, 2011. An International s...

A multiple exposure photograph shows a Russian Soyuz TMA-21 rocket is being mounted at a launch pad in a Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome on...

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

TOPSHOTS Russian Soyuz TMA-22 rocket of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 30 is mounted at a launch pad in the Russian leased Kazakh B...

Technicians and scientists assemble Soyuz-TMA rocket booster at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. The next U.S.-Russian space crew will...

Russian Soyuz rocket booster with Soyuz-TMA space craft on it is taken to a launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005. The next U.S....

Russian specialists prepare EADS made meteorological satellite MetOp for a launch with Russian made Soyuz-2 rocket booster at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kaz...

The Russian Soyuz TMA-22 space ship attached with the Soyuz-FG rocket booster is seen prior to the launch at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in...

A Russian policeman secures the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket during transport to a launch pad in a Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome on June 5, 2011....

A 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 F...

In this image provided by NASA, a Soyuz rocket carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, a new crew to...

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

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andrey Shelepin/Nasa/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (14713850aj) NASA astronaut Don Pettit has his Russian So...

A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft on the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome on June 6 , 2011. The Soyuz...

In this image provided by NASA, a Soyuz rocket carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, a new crew to...

Russian police officers guard the Soyuz TMA-22 rocket of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 30 during it's transportation to a launch p...

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

Russian Soyuz TMA-22 rocket of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 30 stands at a launch pad in the Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmod...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES Edward T Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer for Expedition Seven and Cosmonaut Yuri I Malenchenko, Comman...

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

Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 30 stands at a launch pad in the Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur c...

In this photo taken on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 the (ILS) International Launch Services, Russian made Proton launch vehicle blasts off from the Russian l...