Expedition 24 Launch Day

Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Yurchikhin and fellow Expedition 24 crew members, Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)