Expedition 30/PromISSe launcher ready in Baikonur

The Expedition 30 crew, with ESA Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers , arrived in Baikonur on 8 December for their final mission preparations prior to launch on 21 December. Yesterday their Soyuz launcher and crew capsule were rolled out to the launch pad and rotated to the vertical position ready for fuelling.

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Human Spaceflight
PromISSe
Anatoli Alexejewitsch Iwanischin André Kuipers Anton Nikolajewitsch Schkaplerow Donald Pettit Oleg Dmitrijewitsch Kononenko
ISS Soyuz launcher Soyuz TMA
Baikonour
Logistics planning Preparing Working
Cooperation with Russia Engineers Expedition 30 Flags People Soyuz launch pad Transport

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