Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA performs the traditional door signing before he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko, and Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Hadfield, Romanenko and Marshburn on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Photographer NASA/Carla Cioffi
Date December 19, 2012