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[b]Soyuz TMA-21, "Gagarin," rolled out to launch pad[/b] The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft was rolled out to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on Saturday, April 2, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz with commander Alexander Samokutyaev and flight engineers Ron Garan and Andrey Borisenko is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed "Gagarin," is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name "Gagarin" and the likeness of the first person to fly in space.
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