Soyuz Space craft (24 images)

The Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft is prepared for liftoff in Kazakhstan on April 6, 2008. The spacecraft, which launched April 8, carried European astronauts to the International Space Station, successfully docking on April 10, 2008 at 8:57 a.m., beginning their 6 day stay aboard the station. (UPI Photo/Victor Zelentsov/NASA)

At approximately 9:19 AM local time, a Soyuz TM4 launcher lifted off from its pad for a rendevous with the International Space Station. The three crew members consisted of Gennady Padalka of the Russian Space Agency, Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke..(UPI Photo, Joe Marino)

At approximately 9:19 AM local time, a Soyuz TM4 launcher lifted off from its pad for a rendevous with the International Space Station. The three crew members consisted of Gennady Padalka of the Russian Space Agency, Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke..(UPI Photo, Joe Marino)

Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 17 flight engineer, dressed in his Russian Orlan space suit, participates in a full dress rehearsal spacewalk on July 8 at the International Space Station. During the 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk, they inspected their Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft and retrieved a pyro bolt from it. (UPI Photo/NASA)