A Russian police helicopter guards the Russia’s booster rocket Soyuz-FG with the space capsule Soyuz TMA-11M that will carry new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as the rocket is transported from hangar to the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday. The rocket is emblazoned with the emblem of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. For the first time, it will also carry an Olympic torch to space as part of the ongoing Olympic torch relay. The torch will be brought back along with the station’s current crew. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Thursday. (Dmitry Lovetsky/The Associated Press)
A Russian police helicopter guards the Russia’s booster rocket Soyuz-FG with the space capsule Soyuz TMA-11M that will carry new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as the rocket is transported from hangar to the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday. The rocket is emblazoned with the emblem of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. For the first time, it will also carry an Olympic torch to space as part of the ongoing Olympic torch relay. The torch will be brought back along with the station’s current crew. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Thursday. (Dmitry Lovetsky/The Associated Press)