Expedition 36 Preflight

Expedition 36 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Yurchikhin, Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)