Soyuz TMA-17 Launches
Crew Lifts Off From Kazakhstan to Begin Science and Construction Work Aboard the International Space Station, NASA (with video)
“NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi safely launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on Sunday. Liftoff occurred at 3:52 p.m. CST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.”