ISS041-E-011476 (15 Sept. 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 41 commander, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, are seen as they talk with family members after having their Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Wiseman, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev smile and laugh during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew is kept in a separate room with a glass window in order to help maintain their health. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, listens as Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew is kept in a separate room with a glass window in order to help maintain their health. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev stands as he is recognized during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Suraev, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew is kept in a separate room with a glass window in order to help maintain their health. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst, of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev, of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will launch in their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a five and a half month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev listens to a reporter's question at a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Suraev is scheduled to launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) with Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, second left, reacts as he is introduced during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, takes a picture with his cell phone during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, as seen during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev, speaks from behind glass, while in quarantine, during the State Commission meeting held to approve the Soyuz launch of the crew for a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, answers a question during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, speaks with his family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Suraev, Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan Time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, Wednesday, May 28, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will launch in their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a five and a half month mission. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman 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 Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Wiseman, Suraev, and Gerst will launch in their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a five and a half month mission. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev performs the traditional door signing Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Suraev was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket later that day with Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, left, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams are seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Williams, Suraev, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew is kept in a separate room with a glass window in order to help maintain their health. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, left, answers a reporter's question while looking at Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams during a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Suraev is scheduled to launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) with Williams and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, talk to each other at the start of the press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams pose for a group photograph at the end of the press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams wave hello and point to members of their families at the start of the press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, left, backup commander Jeffrey Williams, center, and backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson participate in training at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, third from left, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, backup commander Jeffrey Williams and backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, far right, answer questions from behind glass during a press conference on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, left, are seen after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio is set to launch on a six month mission to the International Space Station onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, top, Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, middle, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz launch pad prior shortly before their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-16 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams reveal t-shirts showing their faces superimposed on characters from the Russian movie "White Sun of the Desert" at the end of the press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It is tradition for all crews flying on the Soyuz to watch this movie several days before they launch. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, left, are seen together during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Their mission to the International Space Station is set to launch May 29 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman waves as he is introduced during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev talks to his family from behind glass just a few hours before he and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, wave to those gathered at the conclusion of a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch May 29 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, left, hug each other during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, pose for a picture at the conclusion of a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch May 29 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 backup Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA is seen during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure tested prior to his launch to the International Space Station (ISS) with Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A reflection of the audience can been seen in the quarantine glass as Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, pose for a group picture at the conclusion of a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch May 29 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, left and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA are seen after being helped into their Russian Sokol suit as the pair and fellow cremate, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, checks his hair after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Suraev, Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan Time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, left, is seen speaking with Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, back right, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center right, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, front right, following Russian Sokol suit pressure checks in preparation for their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft, Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Gerst, Suraev, and Wiseman will spend five and a half months living and working on board the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Gerst, Suraev, and Wiseman on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
From left, Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Backup Spaceflight Participant Barbara Barrett, backup Expedition 21 Commander Aleksandr Skvortsov, and backup Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker are seen during a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Williams, Suraev and Laliberté are scheduled to launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
From left, Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Backup Spaceflight Participant Barbara Barrett, backup Expedition 21 Commander Aleksandr Skvortsov, and backup Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker pose for a group photograph at the end of a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Williams, Suraev and Laliberté are scheduled to launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, 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 Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Gerst, Suraev, and Wiseman will launch in their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a five and a half month mission. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Wiseman, Suraev, and Gerst on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
From left, Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Backup Spaceflight Participant Barbara Barrett, backup Expedition 21 Commander Aleksandr Skvortsov, and backup Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker are seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Williams, Suraev, and Laliberté on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew is kept in a separate room with a glass window in order to help maintain their health. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Suraev, Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan Time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Oleg Ostapenko, General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, shakes hands with Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, as he and crewmates Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, prepare to depart for the launch pad on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Gerst, Suraev, and Wiseman on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched, as seen in this 30-second exposure, with 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, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with 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, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with 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, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, bottom, Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, center, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, top, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-13M rocket for launch, Wednesday, 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 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, bottom, Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, center, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, top, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-13M rocket for launch, Wednesday, 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)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with 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, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with 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, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with 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, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with 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, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with 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, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with 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, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Dan Hartman, NASA Deputy Space Station Program Manager speaks during the State Commission meeting held to approve the Soyuz launch of the crew for a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch about their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 backup crew member Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti answers a question during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Oleg Ostapenko, General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, makes remarks during the State Commission meeting held to approve the Soyuz launch of the crew for a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch about their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 prime crew members Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, far left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, second left, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, center, are seen with Expedition 40 backup crew members Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, third right, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch May 29 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is seen during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 backup crew member Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, is seen during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 prime crew members Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, far left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, second left, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, center, pose for a picture with Expedition 40 backup crew members Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, third right, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA at the conclusion a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch May 29 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, speaks during a press conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on their mission to the International Space Station in the early hours of May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 19 prime and backup crew from left, backup Spaceflight Participant Esther Dyson, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, Backup Commander Jeffrey Williams, Commander Gennady I. Padalka, backup Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi look at teh view from the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, seated left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, seated center, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, seated right, backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, standing left, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, standing center, and backup commander Jeffrey Williams prepare to talk with space agency officials prior to the launch on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, left center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams talk with family and colleagues from behind glass prior to their launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, left and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, right talk with family and colleagues from behind glass prior to their launch onboard a Soyuz rocket with Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté to the International Space Station (ISS), Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, left and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, right talk with family and colleagues from behind glass prior to their launch onboard a Soyuz rocket with Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté to the International Space Station (ISS), Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams walk out to salute Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov prior to their launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, laughs with Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, right as Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, third from left, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, backup commander Jeffrey Williams and backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, far right, are seen in quarantine behind glass during the State Commission meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, seated left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, seated center, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, seated right, backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, standing left, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, standing center, and backup commander Jeffrey Williams are seen in the suit up room at building 254 on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, seated foreground, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, seated center, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, seated background, backup spaceflight participant Esther Dyson, standing foreground, backup Expedition 19 flight engineer Maxim Suraev, standing center, and backup commander Jeffrey Williams prepare to talk with space agency officials prior to the launch on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, center and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams walk to the Soyuz rocket and wave farewell prior to their launch to the International Space Station (ISS), Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, left center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, 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, Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Suraev, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, will spend the next five and a half months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is seen after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Gerst, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, back left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, back center, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, back right, pose for a photograph with winners of a ROSCOSMOS drawing contest, Oleg Golovin, from Elektrostal, Russia, front left, Nastya Mestyashova from Orenburg, Russia, front center, and Dong Yue from China at the start of the press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Their winning drawings will be incorporated into the Expedition 22 mission patch. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is seen before his Russian Sokol suit is pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Gerst, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, are seen as they depart the Building 254 following suitup on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio is set to launch on a five and a half month mission to the International Space Station onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA speaks with his family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Wiseman, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA is seen during Russian Sokol suit pressure checks in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Wiseman, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Wiseman, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Gerst, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Wiseman, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Wiseman, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, top, Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, middle, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz launch pad prior shortly before their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-16 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is seen as the service structure lowered in preperation for launch in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, 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, Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Wiseman, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, will spend the next five and a half months living and working aboard the ISS. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, front left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, front center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams prepare to have their Russian Sokol suits pressure tested while the backup crew members look on, from back left, Backup Spaceflight Participant Barbara Barrett, backup Expedition 21 Commander Aleksandr Skvortsov, and backup Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, prior to the crews launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, front left, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, front center, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams prepare to have their Russian Sokol suits pressure tested while the backup crew members look on, from back left, Backup Spaceflight Participant Barbara Barrett, backup Expedition 21 Commander Aleksandr Skvortsov, and backup Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, prior to the crews launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS022-E-020750 (6 Jan. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 22 flight engineer, works with extravehicular activity (EVA) equipment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
PHOTO DATE: 03-18-14 LOCATION: Bldg. 2s - PAO Studio B SUBJECT: Expedition 41 (Soyuz 39) press conference with Maxim Suraev, Alexander Gerst and Reid Wiseman. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 03-18-14 LOCATION: Bldg. 2s - PAO Studio B SUBJECT: Expedition 41 (Soyuz 39) press conference with Maxim Suraev, Alexander Gerst and Reid Wiseman. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
ISS040-E-139786 (10 Sept. 2014) --- Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer; and cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 41 commander, work in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.