
'Soyuz-TMA-01M' rocket booster with an international crew of the International Space Station US astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery and Oleg Skripochka lifts off from cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan, 08 October 2010. This is the 101th launch to the International Space Station. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

'Soyuz-TMA-01M' rocket booster with an international crew of the International Space Station US astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery and Oleg Skripochka lifts off from cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan, 08 October 2010. This is the 101th launch to the International Space Station. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

'Soyuz-TMA-01M' rocket booster with an international crew of the International Space Station US astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery and Oleg Skripochka lifts off from cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan, 08 October 2010. This is the 101th launch to the International Space Station. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

US astronaut Scott Kelly boards the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft at the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, 08 October 2010. International crew including US astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery and Oleg Skripochka depart to the International Space Station early on 08 October 2010. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

US astronaut Scott Kelly during the pre-launch preparations at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, 08 October 2010. International crew including US astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery and Oleg Skripochka depart to the International Space Station early on 08 October 2010. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

US astronaut Scott Kelly (middle), Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery (bottom) and Oleg Skripochka (top) bid farewell as they board the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft at the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, 08 October 2010. International crew including US astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery and Oleg Skripochka depart to the International Space Station early on 08 October 2010. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

'Soyuz-TMA-01M' rocket booster with an international crew of the International Space Station US astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery and Oleg Skripochka lifts off from cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan, 08 October 2010. This is the 101th launch to the International Space Station. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV