The crews for the Expedition 30 launch to the International Space Station toured Red Square in Moscow October 24, 2011 as part of their pre-launch activities.

With famed St. Basil’s Cathedral in the background, the prime and backup crews for the upcoming Expedition 30 launch to the International Space Station toured Red Square in Moscow October 24, 2011 as part of their ceremonial pre-launch activities. From right to left are prime crewmembers Anatoly Ivanishin, NASA’s Dan Burbank and Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov. Along with backup crewmembers Sergei Revin and NASA’s Joe Acaba. Backup crewmember Gennady Padalka is not seen. At the far left with the crewmembers is NASA’s Joel Montalbano, the Director of Human Spaceflight Programs in Russia. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin will launch on November 14 in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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