The Soyuz TMA-16 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 30 September 2009 en route to the International Space Station (ISS). A unique, optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA image by senior NASA photographer Bill Ingalis / credit NASA

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Size: 3075px × 4602px
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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