Soyuz Spacecraft Docks with Space Station
![The Soyuz rocket booster with Soyuz space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, May 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1c87467b-9c1a-442c-9304-aaa39de382cb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Soyuz rocket booster with Soyuz space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, May 29, 2013.
![Photographers take pictures of the launch of Soyuz rocket booster with Soyuz space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, May 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/88ae54c6-adcd-4d24-b5dc-aba0162a3b64_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Photographers take pictures of the launch of Soyuz rocket booster with Soyuz space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, May 29, 2013.
![This image taken from video provided by NASA shows the Soyuz carrying three new Expedition 36 crew members, top, approaching the International Space Station, May 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5386a1ca-a09c-46d8-abe5-627aaba781da_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This image taken from video provided by NASA shows the Soyuz carrying three new Expedition 36 crew members, top, approaching the International Space Station, May 29, 2013.
![U.S. astronaut Karen Nyberg, left, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, center, and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano pose prior the launch of their Soyuz rocket at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, May 28, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/72f8e9e5-51f0-4122-8c01-e21f7f76194b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. astronaut Karen Nyberg, left, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, center, and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano pose prior the launch of their Soyuz rocket at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, May 28, 2013.