At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 35-36 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov (left) takes a turn at ping-pong March 21 as he and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy relax for a few minutes while preparing for their launch to the International Space Station with crewmate Alexander Misurkin March 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The three crewmembers will spend 5 ½ months on the orbital laboratory. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Photographer Photographer: Victor Zelentsov
Date March 21, 2013