Expedition 39/40 are planting trees bearing their names in a traditional ceremony.
JSC2014-E-026902 (19 March 2014) — Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev (left) of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA pose for pictures behind their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan March 19 after planting trees bearing their names in a traditional ceremony. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station March 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft for a six-month mission. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov