Expedition 39 Preflight

Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, March, 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Skvortsov, Swanson, and Artemyev on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)