In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 39 flight engineer and Expedition 40 commander, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov (center) of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos pose for pictures in front of the first stag
JSC2014-E-027238 (21 March 2014) — In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 39 flight engineer and Expedition 40 commander, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov (center) of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos pose for pictures in front of the first stage engines of their Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft March 21. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev are wrapping up training for their launch to the International Space Station March 26, Kazakh time, for a six-month mission on the orbital laboratory. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov