International Space Station Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, holding the Olympic torch, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA top, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket for launch November 7, 2013 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Mastracchio, and, Wakata will spend the next six months aboard the International Space Station.


International Space Station Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, holding the Olympic torch, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA top, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket for launch November 7, 2013 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Mastracchio, and, Wakata will spend the next six months aboard the International Space Station.


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