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