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14-22-28: At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 40/41 backup and prime crews pose for photos as part of their traditional pre-launch training ceremonies. From left to right are backup crewmembers Terry Virts of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency and prime crewmembers Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency , Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA. Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov