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 Cosmonaut Hotel on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will launch in their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a five and a half month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)