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Expedition 30: Going vertical on the pad

Spaceflight Now Digital Video
Posted: December 19, 2011

The Soyuz rocket is erected onto its Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad and two gantry swing arms move into position to enclose the vehicle for the final days of preparations before blastoff to the International Space Station.

Source: NASA TV (4 min 15 sec MPEG-4 (H.264) file)

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