Expedition 34 Preflight

Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko, on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Hadfield, Romanenko and Marshburn on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)