Expedition 40 Preflight

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)

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)