Soyuz Rocket Readied For July 23 Flight

BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - JULY 20: The Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 20, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for July 23 Baikonur time and will carry Expedition 44 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA, and Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) into orbit to begin their five-month mission on the International Space Station. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)