The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 15, 2012.
The tail end of the flame from the Soyuz TMA-05M rocket is seen after it launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 15, 2012.
Expedition 32 Soyuz commander Yuri Malenchenko (of Russia), bottom, and flight engineers Akihiko Hoshide (of Japan) and Sunita Williams (of NASA), top, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, July 15, 2012 Local Time (late July 41 EDT).
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station.
Expedition 32 flight engineer Sunita Williams of NASA waves goodbye after leaving the Cosmonaut Hotel, Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, ahead of her launch to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 15, 2012.
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 15, 2012.
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station.
Expedition 32 Soyuz commander Yuri Malenchenko or Russia (second from left) and flight engineer Sunita Williams of NASA are escorted to the Soyuz rocket by senior Russian space agency management at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 15, 2012 local time. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and JAXA flight engineer Akihiko Hoshide aboard was set to liftoff at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time.
An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket to carry three Expedition 32 crewmembers to International Space Station before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Kazakhstan.
A Soyuz rocket launches into space carrying three new members of the International Space Station's Expedition 32 crew into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on July 15, 2012 local time.
Expedition 32 crew members JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, third from left, receive the traditional blessing by an Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
A Soyuz rocket launches into space carrying three new members of the International Space Station's Expedition 32 crew into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on July 15, 2012 local time.
A Soyuz rocket launches into space carrying three new members of the International Space Station's Expedition 32 crew into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on July 15, 2012 local time.
Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams smiles for the camera after signing one of the doors at the Cosmonaut Hotel (a prelaunch tradition) on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Large gantry mechanisms on either side of the Soyuz TMA-205M spacecraft are raised into position to secure the rocket at the launch pad on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is raised into position at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 12, 2012.
Quarantined Expedition 32 prime crew members, from left, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and Russian Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, wave goodbye from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 12, 2012.
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 12, 2012.
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide (left) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams walk by the upper stage of their Soyuz booster rocket in the Integration Facility July 3, 2012 as they completed a suited "fit check".
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams participates in a leak check of her Russian launch and entry suit July 3, 2012 as part of the suited "fit check" of the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft.
This patch represents the 32nd expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) and the significance of the science being conducted there for current and future generations. The image was released in September 2011.
The crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 32. Pictured from the left are flight engineers Akihiko Hoshide, Yuri Malenchenko, Sunita Williams and Joe Acaba, commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineer Sergei Revin.
Expedition 32 crew members leave building 254 following their suited up for launch July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Expedition 32 crew members receive a formal go for launch from Vitaly Alexandrovich Lopota, President of Energia, left, and Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
