Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt raises his arm to the crowd of well wishers as he and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, and Commander Gennady I. Padalka depart the Cosmonaut hotel and board the bus that will take them to building 254 in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)