Soyuz Preps for Take Off
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Russian Soyuz rocket stands poised to launch three new members of the International Space Station's Expedition 24 crew into orbit on June 15, 2010 (ET) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. (RSC Energia)
The Russian Soyuz TMA-19 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station is transported from a hangar to the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The spaceship carrying Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, U.S. astronauts Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, is scheduled to blast off on June 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
The Russian Soyuz TMA-19 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station sits on the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The spaceship carrying Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, U.S. astronauts Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, is scheduled to blast off on June 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
A Russian police officer stands guard as the Russian Soyuz TMA-19 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station is transported from a hangar to the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
The Russian Soyuz TMA-19 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station is raised to vertical position on the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The spaceship carrying Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, U.S. astronauts Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, is scheduled to blast off on June 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, and Russian Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Security guards and photographers gather near the Russian Soyuz TMA-19 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station is transported from a hangar to the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
The Russian Soyuz TMA-19 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station is transported from a hangar to the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010 in Baikonur. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)