Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches in Kazakhstan (13 images)

The Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to the International Space Station. UPI//Bill Ingalls/NASA

Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, bottom, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, top, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 15, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba is scheduled for 9:01 a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 15. UPI//Bill Ingalls/NASA

The Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to the International Space Station. UPI//Bill Ingalls/NASA

Workers at the base of the Soyuz rocket wait for the arrival of Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Pedalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba is scheduled for 9:01 a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 15. UPI//Bill Ingalls/NASA