The launch of Soyuz TMA-21

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-21 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, flies in the sky at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Circular star tracks around the Polar Star and track of the rocket are the result of the long time exposure. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Ron Garan, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokytyaev and Andrei Borisenko. 

Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky (AP Photo) Dmitry Lovetsky

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