![Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft prepared for launch](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F53%2F30%2F533058_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_T2xlZyBVcnVzb3YgIzUzMzA1OA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-533058-preview_b2ca048ed7f3de310e5d960349d6e23f.jpg)
![Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft prepared for launch](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F53%2F30%2F533058_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_T2xlZyBVcnVzb3YgIzUzMzA1OA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-533058-preview_b2ca048ed7f3de310e5d960349d6e23f.jpg)
The Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft being erected at a launch pad of the Baikonur space center 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, 1218x1904px, 1Mb