In this handout image supplied by NASA the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad on December 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers, is scheduled for Wednesday December 21, 2011. (Photo by Carla Cioffi/NASA via Getty Images)

The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on December 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Photo by Stephane Corvaja/ESA via Getty Images)

ESA Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and ESA astronaut André Kuipers wave goodbye to the crowd gathered at the foot of the Soyuz launch pad stairs before taking the elevator to the top of the Soyuz rocket on December 21, 2011 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Photo by Carla Cioffi/NASA via Getty Images)

In this handout photo provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, on December 21, 2011 in Kazakhstan. The crew aboard the Soyuz TMA-03M will spend five months in space as part of an expedition to the International Space Station. (Photo by Stephane Corvaja/ESA via Getty Images)