Expedition 32 Preflight

Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, bottom, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, top, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, July 15, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)