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A Proton-M carrier rocket with the Yahsat 1B telecommunications satellite aboard, blasts off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome in April 2012. AFP
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An Emirati official looks on as the MS-15 spacecraft and the rocket carrying it is installed on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in September 2019, ahead of its launch. EPA
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International Space Station (ISS) crew members UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri (C), Roscosmos Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (bottom) and NASA's US astronaut Jessica Meir (top) board the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft before its blasts off for the ISS, on September 25, 2019 at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. AFP
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Back-up crew member UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi smiles as the Soyuz booster rocket FG with Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is installed on the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, September 23, 2019. Reuters
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The Soyuz booster rocket FG with Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad with a train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 23 September 2019. EPA
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A Proton-M carrier rocket with the Yahsat 1B telecommunications satellite aboard, blasts off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome in April 2012. AFP
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An Emirati official looks on as the MS-15 spacecraft and the rocket carrying it is installed on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in September 2019, ahead of its launch. EPA
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International Space Station (ISS) crew members UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri (C), Roscosmos Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (bottom) and NASA's US astronaut Jessica Meir (top) board the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft before its blasts off for the ISS, on September 25, 2019 at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. AFP
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Back-up crew member UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi smiles as the Soyuz booster rocket FG with Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is installed on the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, September 23, 2019. Reuters
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The Soyuz booster rocket FG with Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad with a train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 23 September 2019. EPA
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A Proton-M carrier rocket with the Yahsat 1B telecommunications satellite aboard, blasts off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome in April 2012. AFP
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