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Expedition 39 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

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The Soyuz TMA-12M rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 carrying Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Steven Swanson of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan
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