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October 13, 2008
Launch of the Soyuz TMA-13

A Soyuz spacecraft with two Americans and a Russian on board lifted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for the international space station.

The Soyuz TMA-13 capsule carrying American computer game millionaire Richard Garriott soared into a clear sky atop a Russian rocket as the latest paying space traveler's family watched from a viewing platform. Also aboard were U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov. (15 images)


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The sun rises over the launch pad in Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. From this launch pad Russian Soyuz TMA-13 space ship will carry new crew to the international space station.  The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.  AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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Preparations for launching the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship that will carry a new crew to the international space station are under way in an assembly shop at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008.  The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.  AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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Preparations for launching Russia's Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship that will carry a new crew to the international space station are under way in an assembly shop at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008.  The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.  AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship is being prepared for launch, to carry a new crew to the international space station in an assembly shop at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008.  The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.  AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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 U.S. astronaut Owen Garriott looks at the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 space ship that will carry new crew members, including his son U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, to the international space station at the launch pad in Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.   AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station is transported to the launch pad at the Russian leased  Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, early Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.   AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station is transported to the launch pad at the Russian leased  Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.  AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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Russian officers pass by the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station at the launch pad in Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.   AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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Russian officers speak near the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station at the launch pad in Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.  AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station is transported to the launch pad at the Russian leased  Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.   AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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People take photos of the fixed vertical Russian Soyuz TMA-13 space ship that will carry new crew members to the international space station, at the launch pad in Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008.  The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.   AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 space ship that will carry new crew to the international space station is transported from hangar to the launch pad at the Russian leased  Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.   AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, left, U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke, right, and  Russian cosmonaut, commander of the mission, Yury Lonchakov, crew members of the 18th mission to the International Space Station, ISS, gesture, prior the launch of Soyuz-FG  rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.  A Soyuz spacecraft with two Americans and a Russian on board lifted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for the international space station.  AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13 space ship carrying a new crew to the international space station (ISS) blasts off from the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. The Russian rocket carries  U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke, and  Russian cosmonaut, commander of the mission Yury Lonchakov.   AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13 space ship carrying a new crew to the international space station (ISS) blasts off from the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. The Russian rocket carries  U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke, and  Russian cosmonaut, commander of the mission Yury Lonchakov.   AP / Dmitry Lovetsky


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