At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket awaits the mating of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft while Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency,
JSC2014-E-049380 (16 May 2014) — At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket awaits the mating of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft while Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman conduct a dress rehearsal “fit check” in the Soyuz May 16 that is shrouded in the background in scaffolding. Gerst, Wiseman and Suraev are scheduled to launch from Baikonur on May 29, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.
Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov