The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US, Russian and Canadian astronauts blasts off from its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome December 19.

The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of U.S. astronaut Thomas Marshburn, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield blasts off from its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome December 19, 2012. Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov