The Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is seen on its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome May 25, 2009. The crew of Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne of Belgium is scheduled to take off to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 27. [Agencies]

The Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is seen on its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome May 25, 2009. [Agencies] 

The Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is seen on its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome May 25, 2009. [Agencies] 

The Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is transported to its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome May 25, 2009. [Agencies] 

The Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is transported to its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome May 25, 2009. [Agencies]