At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA stands in front of the Soyuz booster March 22, 2011 that will carry him, Soyuz TMA-21 Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko to the International Space Station. Their launch is scheduled for April 5 (April 4, time). The Soyuz booster bears the name and likeness of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space and the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft has been dubbed “Gagarin”, all in honor of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s historic flight on April 12, 1961. NASA/Dr. Paul Stoner

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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA stands in front of the Soyuz booster March 22, 2011 that will carry him, Soyuz TMA-21 Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko to the International Space Station. Their launch is scheduled for April 5 (April 4, time). The Soyuz booster bears the name and likeness of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space and the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft has been dubbed “Gagarin”, all in honor of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s historic flight on April 12, 1961. NASA/Dr. Paul Stoner Ron Garan in Front of Soyuz Booster

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