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Expedition 47 Soyuz raising
Washington, Mar 17 (IBNS) The gantry arms close around the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft to secure the rocket, as seen in this long exposure taken on Wednesday at launch pad 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 18 (March 19 Kazakh time).
It will carry Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.
Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
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