| Expedition 31: Expedition 31: Launch! |
Date: May 15, 2012
Duration: 9 min 17 sec
Embarking on a four-month mission to utilize the International Space Station and conduct diverse research at the orbiting laboratory, a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts rocketed off the planet aboard a Soyuz booster.
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| Expedition 31: Crew goes to launch pad |
Date: May 15, 2012
Duration: 3 min 58 sec
The three-person crew departs Baikonur's Site 254 for the bus ride to the rocket launch pad at the cosmodrome to board their Soyuz TMA-04M capsule for blastoff to the International Space Station. |  |
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| Expedition 31: Suiting up for launch |
Date: May 15, 2012
Duration: 9 min 20 sec
NASA's Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin done their Sokol spacesuits during the final hours of the countdown to launch aboard the Soyuz rocket. |  |
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| Expedition 31: At crew quarters |
Date: May 15, 2012
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
International Space Station Expedition 31 crew members Joe Acaba, Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin sign the doors and then depart their crew quarters on launch morning. |  |
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| Expedition 31: Post-rollout interviews |
Date: May 13, 2012
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Deputy chief NASA astronaut Eric Boe and deputy program manager for the International Space Station Kirk Shireman give their thoughts as the Soyuz rocket gets ready to launch Expedition 31. |  |
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| Expedition 31: Going vertical on the pad |
Date: May 13, 2012
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
The Soyuz rocket is erected onto its Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad for the final days of preparations before blastoff to the International Space Station with Expedition 31. |  |
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| Expedition 31: Rocket rolled to pad |
Date: May 13, 2012
Duration: 7 min 37 sec
The Expedition 31 crew's Soyuz rocket is transported horizontally by railcar from its assembly building to the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome for blastoff. |  |
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| Expedition 31: Final assembly of Soyuz |
Date: May 12, 2012
Duration: 5 min 26 sec
The emergency escape tower is bolted onto the Soyuz spacecraft as the upper section containing the capsule and mated third stage is attached to the rocket's core stage for launch. |  |
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