A Soyuz-FG Rocket with TMA-02M Spacecraft carrying the Expedition 28 Crew Members blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 20:12 UTC today.

Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa are due at to dock to the International Space Station on Thursday.