Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, waving on left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt depart the Cosmonaut hotel and board the bus that will take them to building 254 in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)