Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA signs in for the second of two days of flight qualification exams.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA signs in for the second of two days of flight qualification exams Nov. 28, 2012. He and his crewmates are preparing for launch Dec. 19 to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft. Looking on behind Marshburn are Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko (left) and Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (partially hidden).
NASA/Stephanie Stoll