The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Karen Nyberg, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome May 29, 2013.[Photo/Agencies]

The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft rests on its launch pad before the blast off with the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Karen Nyberg, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano at the Baikonur cosmodrome May 29, 2013.[Photo/Agencies]