Soyuz Rocket Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read our launch story here.
Soyuz Rocket at the Launch Pad
The Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is raised into position on the launch pad Sept. 23, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Sept. 26 and will carry Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Read our launch story here.
Soyuz Rocket Ready to Launch Expedition 41
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft towers over its launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome ahead of a Sept. 26, 2014 local time launch (Sept. 25 Eastern Time). The mission will launch the new Expedition 41 crew to the International Space Station. Read our launch story here.
Cosmonaut Elena Serova
Russian cosmonaut Elena Serova is seen in her Sokol spacesuit ahead of a launch to the International Space Station on Sept. 25, 2014 Eastern Time (Sept. 26 Kazakhstan Time). Read our launch story here.