JSC2013-E-091793 (3 Nov. 2013) — At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38 Flight Engineers Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Rick Mastracchio of NASA pose for pictures Nov. 3 in front of the famed cottage that Yuri Gagarin slept in on the eve of his launch April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly
JSC2013-E-091793 (3 Nov. 2013) — At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38 Flight Engineers Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Rick Mastracchio of NASA pose for pictures Nov. 3 in front of the famed cottage that Yuri Gagarin slept in on the eve of his launch April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Wakata, Mastracchio and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin are scheduled to launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov