Behind the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (center) and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio pose for pictures Nov. 1 as they prepare for their scheduled launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodr
JSC2013-E-091604 (1 Nov. 2013) — Behind the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (center) and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio pose for pictures Nov. 1 as they prepare for their scheduled launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov