Baikonur (Kazakhstan), Jun 4 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Sergei Ilnitsky). A Soyuz rocket was transported to its launch pad Monday ahead of an upcoming manned mission to the International Space Station, an epa-efe photojournalist reported.
A crew consisting of United States NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, and Russian Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, was set to travel to the spacial platform on Wednesday, where it would be tasked with conducting various scientific experiments.
"The crew will continue several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science currently underway and scheduled to take place aboard humanity's only orbiting lab," NASA said of the mission in a statement.
Epa-efe images showed the MS-09 rocket being transported horizontally along railway tracks before being moved into an upright position on its launch pad.
 
SHOT LIST: FOOTAGE SHOWING THE SOYUZ BOOSTER ROCKET BEING ROLLED OUT TO THE LAUNCH PAD IN BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN.
 
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