Expedition 40 Preflight

Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, left, Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, are seen as they depart the Building 254 following suitup on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio is set to launch on a five and a half month mission to the International Space Station onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)