EXPEDITION SPACE STATION CREW'S SOYUZ ROCKET ROLLS TO THE PAD

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the

Soyuz 2.1a rocket that will launch the Soyuz MS-24

crew to the International Space Station rolled out from

its integration building to the launch pad Sept. 12 for

final preparations. While the roll out took place,

members of the Expedition 69-70 crew, Soyuz

Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer

Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineer

Loral O'Hara and their backups, Alexey Ovchinin of

Roscosmos and Tracy C. Dyson of NASA participated

in final prelaunch training activities.