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Soyuz TMA-20M on the pad

Soyuz TMA-20M on the pad
Soyuz TMA-20M on the pad Gantry arms close on the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft and carrier rocket prior to its Friday, March 18 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz will carry Expedition 47 cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka, along with NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, to the International Space Station. NASA / Aubrey Gemignani