
11-47-19-3: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 backup crewmember Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency poses for a picture May 16 as she enters the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft during a dress rehearsal “fit check”. Cristoforetti, NASA’s Terry Virts and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are the backups to Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), who will launch from Baikonur on May 29, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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Victor Zelentsov
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