0856: At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (front row, left) signs a ceremonial book during a tour of the Gagarin Museum May 8 as his crewmates and their backups look on. Also pictured are Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, front row, center) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (front row, right) and backup crewmembers Terry Virts of NASA (back row, left), Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos (back row, center) and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European


0856: At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (front row, left) signs a ceremonial book during a tour of the Gagarin Museum May 8 as his crewmates and their backups look on. Also pictured are Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, front row, center) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (front row, right) and backup crewmembers Terry Virts of NASA (back row, left), Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos (back row, center) and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (back row, right). Wiseman, Gerst, and Suraev are preparing for launch May 29, Kazakh time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll Soyuz TMA-13M crew and backup crew at the Gagarin Museum in Star City


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