At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 34/35 crewmembers Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko (center) and Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn (right) pose for pictures Dec. 13, 2012 at the site of the tree planted in honor of Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies. The trio will launch Dec. 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Dec. 19 on the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Photographer Photographer: Victor Zelentsov
Date December 13, 2012