The Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, carrying Expedition 24 NASA
astronauts Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander
Fyodor Yurchikhin to the International Space Station. Their Soyuz
TMA-19 rocket launched at 3:35 a.m Kazakhstan time, or 5:35 p.m EDT.
Image Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi