Tom Marshburn and Karen Nyberg

JSC2012-E-241580 (9 Dec. 2012) --- Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA (right) is assisted by his backup, Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg (left) as they raise the U.S. flag outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Dec. 9, 2012. The flag-raising ceremony was part of the prelaunch activities that will lead to the launch of Marshburn, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko and Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency scheduled for Dec. 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov