
Family and friends of Expedition 33/34 crew member, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, cheer as the bus with he and fellow crew mates, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, and Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, heads to launch site 31 for their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
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201210230039HQ
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October 23, 2012
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NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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