jsc2011e028121
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA stands in front of the Soyuz booster March 22, 2011 that will carry him, Soyuz TMA-21 Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko to the International Space Station. Their launch is scheduled for April 5 (April 4, U.S. time). The Soyuz booster bears the name and likeness of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space and the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft has been dubbed “Gagarin”, all in honor of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s historic flight on April 12, 1961. NASA/Dr. Paul Stoner
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