JSC2013-E-048417 (24 May 2013) — At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia's Federal Space Agency (center) and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft May 24 as t
JSC2013-E-048417 (24 May 2013) — At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia’s Federal Space Agency (center) and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft May 24 as they complete the second “fit check” dress rehearsal in advance of their launch. Nyberg , Yurchikhin and Parmitano are preparing for launch May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov