Expedition 32 Launch

Expedition 32 crew members JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, right, wave farewell as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)