All smiles, Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA climbs the ladder to the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft in the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan October 18, 2012 during the completion of the final “fit check” dress rehearsal prior to his launch. Ford, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome October 23 for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.
NASA/Victor Zelentsov