In the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA signs a wall mural March 21 to honor a tradition as he and his crewmates prepare for launch to the International Space Station. Swanson, who will later serve as Expedition 40 commander, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineer Oleg Ar
JSC2014-E027242 (21 March 2014) — In the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA signs a wall mural March 21 to honor a tradition as he and his crewmates prepare for launch to the International Space Station. Swanson, who will later serve as Expedition 40 commander, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev, both of Roscosmos, are wrapping up training for their launch to the station March 26, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the orbital laboratory. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov