At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (standing, left), Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, seated) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA prepare to enter a Soyuz spacecraft simulator May 7 as part of their final qualification exams. The trio is preparing for launch on May 29, Kazakh time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazkahstan on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.
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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (standing, left), Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, seated) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA prepare to enter a Soyuz spacecraft simulator May 7 as part of their final qualification exams. The trio is preparing for launch on May 29, Kazakh time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazkahstan on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.