The Expedition 34/35 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Bell at the Kremlin in Moscow Nov. 29, 2012 during ceremonial activities.

The Expedition 34/35 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Bell at the Kremlin in Moscow Nov. 29, 2012 during ceremonial activities that involved the traditional laying of flowers at the Kremlin Wall where Russian space heroes are interred. NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg (left), Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) are the backups for NASA’s Tom Marshburn, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch to the International Space Station Dec. 19 in their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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