The Soyuz TMA-12M rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, astronaut Steven Swanson of NASA, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev to the International Space Station March 26, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News

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The Soyuz TMA-12M rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, astronaut Steven Swanson of NASA, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev to the International Space Station March 26, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

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