![Launch of Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin)](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F89%2F65%2F896591_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEt1ZGVua28gIzg5NjU5MQ%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-896591-preview_43669e8dab0386a040b3e3ff957d4daa.jpg)
![Launch of Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin)](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F89%2F65%2F896591_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEt1ZGVua28gIzg5NjU5MQ%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-896591-preview_43669e8dab0386a040b3e3ff957d4daa.jpg)
NASA astronaut Ronald J. Garan, center, saying goodbye before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 (Yury Gagarin) mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 04.04.2011
- Date published: 05.04.2011
- Author: Alexey Kudenko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3264x4812px, 4.9Mb