With St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square in the background, the Expedition 40/41 prime and backup crew members pose for pictures at the Kremlin Wall May 8 after laying flowers at the spot where Russian space icons are interred. From left to right are prime crew members Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Reid Wiseman of NASA and backup crew members Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, Terry Virts of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos. Gerst, Suraev and Wiseman are preparing for launch May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.
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With St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square in the background, the Expedition 40/41 prime and backup crew members pose for pictures at the Kremlin Wall May 8 after laying flowers at the spot where Russian space icons are interred. From left to right are prime crew members Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Reid Wiseman of NASA and backup crew members Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, Terry Virts of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos. Gerst, Suraev and Wiseman are preparing for launch May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.