Expedition 27 Preflight

At the Kremlin Wall in Moscow March 11, 2011 (from the left to right) Expedition 27 backup crewmembers Daniel Burbank of NASA, and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shklaperov and Anatoly Ivanishin posed for photographers. The three had just lain flowers in honor of fallen Russian icons as part of the ceremonial activities leading to the launch March 30 (Kazakhstan time) of the Expedition 27 prime crew in their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Mark Polansky