The gantry arms begin to close around the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft - TopicsExpress



          

The gantry arms begin to close around the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft to secure the rocket, as seen in this long exposure photograph, at the launch pad on Sunday, March 23, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 26 and will send 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 on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls). Find out more about the launch and Expedition 39 at
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:46:46 +0000

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