
The three crewmembers who will round out the Expedition 30 crew on the International Space Station are greeted by Nikolai Zelinchikov of Soyuz spacecraft manufacturer RSC-Energia upon their arrival in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Dec. 8, 2011 for final pre-launch preparations. From left to right are NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and Zelinchikov. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers will launch to the station on Dec. 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. Courtesy: NASA
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