Expedition 33/34 crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin flew for final preparations.

The prime and backup Expedition 33/34 crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia October 9, 2012 before the prime crew flew to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations for their launch to the International Space Station October 23 in their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft. Pictured from left to right are backup Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, backup Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, backup NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, prime NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, prime Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and prime Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin.
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