Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, left, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, right, smile and was as they hold an Olympic torch that will be flown with them to the International Space Station, during a press conference held Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at the Cosmonaut hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Tyurin, Mastracchio, Wakata on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, left, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, right, smile and was as they hold an Olympic torch that will be flown with them to the International Space Station, during a press conference held Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at the Cosmonaut hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Tyurin, Mastracchio, Wakata on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Expedition 38 Press Conference (201311060001HQ)

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