Crew of Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin), from left: NASA astronaut Ronald J. Garan, cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev and cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko going to a rocket before the launch of Soyuz TMA-21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Launch of space carrier rocket with Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Launch of space carrier rocket with Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Launch of space carrier rocket with Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Launch of space carrier rocket with Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Launch of space carrier rocket with Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Launch of space carrier rocket with Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Launch of space carrier rocket with Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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NASA astronaut Ronald J. Garan taking a picture of the people saying goodbye to the crew before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Crew of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin), from left: cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko, cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA astronaut Ronald J. Garan saying goodbye before the launch of the mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko's wife, Zoya Borisenko, left, and cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev's wife, Oksana Samokutyaeva, right, saying goodbye to their husbands before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev saying goodbye before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko saying goodbye before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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NASA astronaut Ronald J. Garan, center, saying goodbye before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Staff of the Federal Space Agency checking cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev's spacesuit for airtightness before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Crew of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin): cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko, front, and NASA astronaut Ronald J. Garan leaving the changing rooms and entering the spacesuit check zone before the start of the launch vehicle.

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Crew of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin): cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, front, NASA astronaut Ronald J. Garan, back, and cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko saying goodbye to Earth before the launch of the mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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