The Soyuz rocket with Expedition 33/34 crew blasts off to the International Space Station October 23, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Crew members, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS will be on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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