The Soyuz rocket carrying NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin blasts off from the Baiknour Cosmodrome on Nov. 13, 2011.
NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin are pictured inside their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft minutes prior to their launch to the International Space Station.
Amid wintry conditions, the Russian Soyuz rocket sits at the launch pad at the Baikonour Cosmodrome.
Seated from left to right: NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin pose for a photo before their launch to the International Space Station.
Wearing blue parkas over top of their Russian Sokol spacesuits to keep warm, cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, and NASA astronaut Dan Burbank pose with Russian officials before launching to the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov donned blue parkas for the trek to the launch pad at the Baikonour Cosmodrome. The spaceflyers launched to the International Space Station amid intense snowfall on Nov. 13, 2011.
NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin are greeted by Russian officials at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan prior to their launch to the International Space Station.
The Russian-built Soyuz rocket is pictured at the snowy launch pad at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin lifts off from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 13, 2011 at 11:14 p.m. EST.
Despite heavy snowfall, the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying three new space station crewmembers to the orbiting outpost successfully launched on Nov. 13, 2011 at 11:14 p.m. EST from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
