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The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is raised into position

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Mar 16, 2016
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The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is raised into position
The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is raised into position

The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is raised into position on the launch pad Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 19 and 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)