ISS Expedition astronaut Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency during pressure checks on his Russian Sokol suit prior to boarding the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next six months aboard the International Space Station.

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ISS Expedition astronaut Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency during pressure checks on his Russian Sokol suit prior to boarding the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next six months aboard the International Space Station.

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Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
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