kazakhstan home of the world's largest space launch facility not much has changed since yreka guarin lifted off here in the one nine hundred sixty one. every lawrence follows the same rituals and traditions for example on the eve of the launch the crew get a haircut and watch the same subnet in russia. on a course a year a says he was on hand for this and us. that. it's not long until takeoff astro alec's and two fellow astronauts are about to be blasted into space in a capsule mounted on a russian soyuz rocket. to. our