Russian Soyuz lifts off for ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Photo taken in the early hours of June 8, 2011, shows the trace of light left by a Russian Soyuz spacecraft after it lifted off for the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft, carrying three astronauts from Russia, the United States and Japan, will connect with the ISS on June 10. (Photo exposed for 5 minutes)

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