Expedition 36 NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg, left, and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano share a word after donning their Russian Sokol suits in preparation for their launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Nyberg, Parmitano and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)