14-14-48-2: At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures May 21 after planting trees bearing the names of Wiseman and Gerst in traditional pre-launch ceremonies. Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Photographer Victor Zelentsov
Date May 21, 2014