The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with Maxim Suraev, Alexander Gerst and Reid Wiseman aboard in this 30-second exposure.
201405290002hq (29 May 2014) — The launch of the Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is seen in this 30-second exposure, with Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station.
Photo credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky