The Russian Soyuz TMA-13M rocket readies for launch to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 40 crew Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Reid Wiseman of NASA, and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency May 29, 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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The Russian Soyuz TMA-13M rocket readies for launch to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 40 crew Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Reid Wiseman of NASA, and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency May 29, 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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