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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 33/34 crew shared a playful moment October 10, 2012 during the first of two so-called “fit check” dress rehearsal sessions, hoisting their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits over their heads as they prepared for launch October 23 in their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to begin a five-month mission on the International Space Station. From left to right are NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 33/34 crew shared a playful moment October 10, 2012 during the first of two so-called “fit check” dress rehearsal sessions, hoisting their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits over their heads as they prepared for launch October 23 in their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to begin a five-month mission on the International Space Station. From left to right are NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin. NASA/Victor Zelentsov