Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of his launch with fellow crew mates, Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 backup crew member Reid Wiseman of NASA is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of the launch of Expedition 38 prime crew members; Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 backup crew member Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of the launch of Expedition 38 prime crew members; Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 backup crew member Reid Wiseman of NASA is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of the launch of Expedition 38 prime crew members; Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of his launch with fellow crew mates, Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 backup crew members Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, left, and, Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of the launch of Expedition 38 prime crew members; Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The three Expedition 38/39 backup crew members, left, watch as the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of his launch with fellow crew mates, Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. An Olympic torch that will be launched with the crew for a four-day visit to the station is seen on the left. The torch will return to Earth with another trio of station residents on Nov. 11 and will be part of the torch relay that ends with the lighting of the flame at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia Feb. 7 to mark the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 backup crew members Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, left, Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev, and Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of the launch of Expedition 38 prime crew members; Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Members of the State Commission meet to approve the Soyuz rocket launch of Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA for a six month mission aboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Police walk along railroad tracks, along with a bomb sniffing dog, ahead of the roll out of the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket to the launch pad on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Space Station Program Office Manager Michael T. Suffredini, talks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz rocket launch of Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA for a six month mission aboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

President of RSC Energia, Designer General V.A. Lopota, talks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz rocket launch of Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA for a six month mission aboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos is seen in quarantine behind glass during the final press conference held a day ahead of his launch with fellow crew mates, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Wakata, and, Mastracchio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA talks, while in quarantine behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of his launch with fellow crew mates, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A police helicopter flies along the railway ahead of the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket being rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Oleg Ostapenko, talks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz rocket launch of Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA for a six month mission aboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, right, talks as Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, listens, from quarantine behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of their launch with fellow crew mate, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates New Orleans and Cuba. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Night Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates Azores. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates South America. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates Salt Lake City,Utah. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Photographer indicates Venezuela and Aruba. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates Japan. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Night Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Night Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Night Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Photographer indicates the Bahamas and Marakaibo. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates Japan. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates Mt Fuji,Japan,at sunrise. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Night Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Photographer indicates Patagonia. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Night Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Moon is visible. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates Galapagos. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates Japan. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Night Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates South America. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Night Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates Japan. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Aurora over Canada is visible. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Night Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Photographer indicates California and the Grand Canyon. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Photographer indicates California and the Grand Canyon. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

The Soyuz TMA-11M rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Security monitors the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket as it is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA dons his Russian sokol suit a few hours ahead of his launch on a soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Wakata, and, Mastracchio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

The Soyuz TMA-11M rocket, adorned with the logo of the Sochi Olympic Organizing Committee and other related artwork, is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to his launch on the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station with Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Wakata, and, Mastracchio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) President Naoki Okumura talks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz rocket launch of Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA for a six month mission aboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, center, talks as Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, left, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA listen, while quarantine behind glass, during the final press conference held a day ahead of their launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-11M rocket, adorned with the logo of the Sochi Olympic Organizing Committee and other related artwork, is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-11M rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-11M rocket, adorned with the logo of the Sochi Olympic Organizing Committee and other related artwork, is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency recognizes someone in the crowd as he and fellow crew mates, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, and, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, depart the Cosmonaut hotel ahead of their launch on a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Wakata, and, Mastracchio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Wakata, and, Mastracchio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)