Expedition 35 Preflight

Expedition 35 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, right, walk out of building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome to board a bus that will take them to the launch pad for their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)