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. Read more
U.S.-Russian space crew ready to go NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker and Russian commander Fyodor Yurchikhin told reporters Monday that they will blast off for the orbiting outpost in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on June 16 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read more
Soyuz TMA-19 is a planned 2010 Soyuz flight to the International Space Station. It will transport three members of the Expedition 24 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19 will be the 106th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. Read more