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With the upper stage of the Soyuz booster in the foreground and the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft in the background, technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan prepared to encapsulate the Soyuz vehicle into its booster July 8, 2012, setting the stage for the launch of Expedition 32/33 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and Flight Aki Hoshide of the Japan Exploration and Space Agency July 15 to the International Space Station for a four-month mission. NASA/Victor Zelentsov