Expedition 34 Preflight

Expedition 34/35 crew members, Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko of ROSCOSMOS, and Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their soyuz launch to the International Space Station 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/Carla Cioffi)