Baikonur Cosmodrome, Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer for Expedition Seven, smiles for a photo during the bus ride to the launch pad. Lu and fellow crew member Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, commander, were launched onboard a Soyuz rocket at 9:53 a.m. from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls