Expedition 19 Launch Day

Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt is seen on the bus outside the Cosmonaut Hotel as he, Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi depart the hotel for building 254 where they will don their flights suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)