The flags representing Kazakhstan and the nations of the three crewmembers who will launch in the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft are shown at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. From left to right are the flags of The Netherlands, Russia, the United States and Kazakhstan. Scheduled to launch on December 21st local time are Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers.

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Keywords: baikonur, cosmodrome, esa, launch, pad, rocket, soyuz, tma-03m