At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 40/41 backup and prime crew members pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz booster rocket's first stage engines May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. From left to right are backup crew members Terry Virts of NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and prime crew members Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA. Gerst, Suraev and Wiseman will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.
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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 40/41 backup and prime crew members pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz booster rocket's first stage engines May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. From left to right are backup crew members Terry Virts of NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and prime crew members Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA. Gerst, Suraev and Wiseman will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.