jsc2012e051257

Behind the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 31/32 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba of NASA waters a tree he planted in his name in a traditional ceremony May 10, 2012 as he took a break from training for his launch on the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft on May 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to begin a four-month mission on the International Space Station.

NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Behind the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 31/32 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba of NASA waters a tree he planted in his name in a traditional ceremony May 10, 2012 as he took a break from training for his launch on the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft on May 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to begin a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov