Soyuz-TMA spacecraft launch preparations. Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft being lowered into place for its encapsulation in the third stage of a Soyuz rocket. The spacecraft is being prepared for launch on the 26th October when it will carry the International Space Station expedition 37/38 crew for the start of a five and a half month mission. Photographed at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on 19th September 2013.