Expedition 40/41 Soyuz Commander Max Suraev fields a question from reporters.

With the statue of Vladimir Lenin in the background at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) fields a question from reporters May 15 prior to his departure for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for pre-launch training with his crewmates, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left) and NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman (right). The trio will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from Baikonur for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.

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