Expedition 40 Preflight
201405280004hq (28 May 2014) --- Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev (bottom) of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman (center) of NASA, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-13M rocket for launch, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst and Wiseman will spend the next six months aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Expedition 40 Preflight
201405280004hq (28 May 2014) --- Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev (bottom) of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman (center) of NASA, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-13M rocket for launch, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst and Wiseman will spend the next six months aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky