Soyuz spacecraft set up on launching pad

Soyuz spacecraft set up on launching pad

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, leaves an assembly plant, some 10 kilometers away from the launching pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15. The rocket was later carried to the launching pad from the plant by a cargo train especially made for the mission.

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