Roll-out of the Soyuz launcher from the Mik 112 Building to Launch Pad 1 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on 25 May 2009.
This is the launcher that took ESA astronaut Frank De Winne (BE) to the International Space Station for the six-month OasISS mission. The launch was scheduled for 12:34 CEST on 27 May 2009.
For more information:
www.esa.int/SPECIALS/OasISS_Mission/index.html
Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja