The Expedition 40 backup crew, Terry Virts of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, ESA, right, are photographed in front of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft as it arrives at the launch pad by train on Monday, May 26, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for May 29 and will send Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev, of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst, of the European Space Agency, ESA, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71582571" class="extiw" title="d:Q71582571"><span title="American photographer">Joel Kowsky</span></a>
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2014-05-26
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