People watch the launch of the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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From left: Members of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst; Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev and NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman -- before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Left: Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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From left: Members of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev; European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman -- before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Background right: Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Foreground from left: Members of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst; Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev and NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman -- before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Right: Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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From left: Members of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst and Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev -- before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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From left: Members of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst and Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev -- before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Foreground, from left: Members of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst; Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev and NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman -- before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Left: Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Center: European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Center: NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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From left: Members of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev and NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman -- before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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From left: Members of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev and NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman -- before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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From left: Members of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst; Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev and NASA Astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman -- before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Center: Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, member of the main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41, looks into mirror before lifting off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center. This photo shows a detached rocket stage.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center. This photo shows a detached rocket stage.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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People watch main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lift off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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The main crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 lifts off inside the Soyuz-TMA-13M manned spacecraft atop a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur Space Center.

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