Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, center, and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for suit up and launch onboard a Soyuz to the International Space Station May 28, 2013 in Baikonur Kazakhstan.

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Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, center, and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for suit up and launch onboard a Soyuz to the International Space Station May 28, 2013 in Baikonur Kazakhstan.

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