
The Russian Soyuz TMA-18M space ship that will carry new crew to the International Space Station is fixed vertical at the launch pad in Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. The Russian rocket will carry Kazakhstan’s cosmonaut Aydyn Aimbetov, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Denmark’s astronaut Andreas Mogensen on Wednesday, Sept. 2. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)