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Expedition 39 Trio Boards Soyuz for Journey Home

Departing Expedition 39 Trio Closes Hatch to Station
The three departing Expedition 39 crew members are seen just before hatch closing that separates the trio from the remaining crew of three on the International Space Station.

ISS039-E-020779 (13 May 2014) — The three departing Expedition 39 crew members are seen just before hatch closing that separates the trio from the remaining crew of three on the International Space Station. Getting ready to depart in their Soyuz TMA-11M, from left to right, are Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Russia’s federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).