Space crew to board Soyuz

Space crew to board Soyuz

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - (From L) U.S. astronaut Michael Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa wave as they leave a hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on June 7, 2011, before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft early the next morning bound for the International Space Station.

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