Expedition 32 Preflight

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, shakes hands with Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Williams is seen with Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, center, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)