At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 backup crew member Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency poses for pictures as she boards the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. Cristoforetti, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Terry Virts of NASA are backups to the prime crew --- Reid Wiseman of NASA, Maxim Suraev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of NASA, who will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.
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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 backup crew member Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency poses for pictures as she boards the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. Cristoforetti, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Terry Virts of NASA are backups to the prime crew --- Reid Wiseman of NASA, Maxim Suraev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of NASA, who will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.