From the left, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, depart the Cosmonaut hotel on March 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio is set to launch on a six month mission to the International Space Sta
201403250001hq (25 March 2014) — From the left, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, depart the Cosmonaut hotel on March 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio is set to launch on a six month mission to the International Space Station onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft at 3:17 a.m. on March 26. Kazakh time. Photo credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky