JSC2013-E-090225 (15 Oct. 2013) — At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (center) gestures as he, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left) and NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio (right) answered questions from reporters before the star
JSC2013-E-090225 (15 Oct. 2013) — At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (center) gestures as he, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left) and NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio (right) answered questions from reporters before the start of their flight qualification exam simulations Oct. 15, 2013. The trio is scheduled to launch on Nov. 7, local time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA