Cosmodrome

Cosmodromic Blast



Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Pre-Pre-Blast




A policeman leads the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft to its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome October 10, 2008. US space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and US astronaut Michael Fincke took off this morning and are now headed for the International Space Station.

Pre-Blast




The Lucky Bastards



Soyuz space crew members from left: U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, and U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott.