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) shares a light moment during final qualification exams May 7 with his crewmates, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (right). The trio is preparing for their launch on May 29, Kazakh time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazkahstan on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.
NASA/Stephanie Stoll
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