June 7, 2011 - Baikonur Cosmodrome. Ya scallywag! At 00:12 Moscow time, me bucko, June 8, Russian crew vehicle Soyuz TMA-02M was launched by Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur's pad 1 (Gagarin's Launch Pad). T' vehicle will carry three crew -- commander Sergey Volkov (Roscosmos), flight engineers Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA), arrr, Michael Fossum (NASA) t' t' International Space Station. Ahoy! Soyuz TMA-02M is a vehicle o' new series, equipped with digital control system. Well, blow me down! It undergoes t' second stage o' flight testing. Soyuz TMA-02M is due t' dock t' Russian module Rassvet on June 10, matey, at 01.16 MSK. * A MISTAKE: IN THE FIRST IMAGE, matey, THE ROCKET WAS THE SOYUZ-FG - NOT SOYUZ U, me hearties, I AM SORRY!