Expedition 39 Docking

A view of the International Space Station is seen from the Soyuz TMA-12M on the screen of the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia as the spacecraft docks to the Poisk module, Friday, March 28, 2014. The Soyuz TMA-12M with Expedition 39/40 crew members, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan two days earlier. The Soyuz crew members will be greeted by Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, who have lived in the orbital laboratory since November of 2013. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)