Stock Photo - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, technicians hoist the upper stage of the Soyuz TMA-16 rocket in its integration facility for mating to its first stage on Sept. 27, 2009. The rocket will be launched September 30 to deliver NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer, Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev, Soyuz commander; and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte to the International Space Station. Williams and Suraev will spend six months on the station, while Laliberte will spend nine days on the complex, landing on October 11. Victor Zelentsov

Stock Photo: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, technicians hoist the upper stage of the Soyuz TMA-16 rocket in its integration facility for mating to its first stage.

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