At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, seated) waits his turn as crewmate Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency climbs aboard a Soyuz spacecraft simulator to join Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA 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 Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.
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NASA
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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, seated) waits his turn as crewmate Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency climbs aboard a Soyuz spacecraft simulator to join Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA 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 Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.