Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kaza
201311070014hq (7 Nov. 2013) — Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Wakata and Mastracchio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls