Expedition 36 Launch
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (second from left) and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver (third from left) watch a live feed from Baikonur, Kazakhstan of the Expedition 36 crew aboard the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft moments after it launched to the International Space Station on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Expedition 36 crew of Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:31 a.m. local time Wednesday, May 29/4:31 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28 EST. The crew will spend five months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
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May 28, 2013
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NASA/Carla Cioffi
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