The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.
The rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy.
The moon is seen above the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasting off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.
U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, waves to his relatives and friends from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 28, 2013.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.
In this picture taken through a safety glass, U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), is seen during inspection of his space suit prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 28, 2013.
Journalists take photos through a safety glass of members of the next mission to the International Space Station, from left: U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin, and members of the back crew: U.S. astronaut Michael Hopkins, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy during a news conference at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 27, 2013.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.
A Russian policeman stands guard outside the Hotel Cosmonaut where Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, members of the next mission to the International Space Station, are staying before their launch to ISS at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 27, 2013.
Russian Cosmonaut and ISS crew member Pavel Vinogradov, waves prior to the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 28, 2013.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.
Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, right, and Pavel Vinogradov, center, and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, walk to a bus from their hotel prior to the launch of their Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 28, 2013.
In this picture taken through a safety glass, Russian cosmonaut and Alexander Misurkin, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, is seen during inspection of his space suit prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 28, 2013.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.
Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, left, and Pavel Vinogradov, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), walk to the rocket prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 28, 2013.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, flies into the sky at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 29, 2013.