Soyuz rocket preparation. Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft (top) being aligned for its encapsulation into the third stage of a Soyuz booster rocket. This operation is part of the preparation for the Soyuz's launch to carry Expedition 35/36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station (ISS) for a 5.5 month mission. Photographed at the Integration Facility of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on 22nd march 2013.