Expedition 28 Flight Engineer and JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, left, waves to friends and family while he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 28 backup Flight Engineer and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andre Kuipers is behind the camera taking photographs. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Photographer NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date June 7, 2011