![Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft prepared for launch](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F53%2F30%2F533055_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_T2xlZyBVcnVzb3YgIzUzMzA1NQ%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-533055-preview_697ab44e8cfe3ca475796c87be4425ce.jpg)
![Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft prepared for launch](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F53%2F30%2F533055_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_T2xlZyBVcnVzb3YgIzUzMzA1NQ%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-533055-preview_697ab44e8cfe3ca475796c87be4425ce.jpg)
The Soyuz spacecraft being rolled out from an assembly and test facility to a launch pad to be launched on December 21 at 12:51 a.m. Moscow time.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 18.12.2009
- Date published: 18.12.2009
- Author: Oleg Urusov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1922x1317px, 1.6Mb