Expedition 27 Preflight

Expedition 27 prime crew members Ron Garan of NASA, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev (far left), along with Expedition 27 backup crew members Anton Shklaperov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Daniel Burbank of NASA (far right), participate in a photo opportunity after a news conference held March 11, 2011 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Garan, Borisenko and Samokutyaev will launch in the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 30 (Kazakhstan time) for a 5 ½ month stay on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll