The prime Expedition 33/34 crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia October 9, 2012 before flying to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations for their launch to the International Space Station October 23 in their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft. Pictured are NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy (center) and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin (right). NASA/Stephanie Stoll
Date October 9, 2012