Fyodor and Luca backup crew of Soyuz TMA-07M

Luca Parmitano signing a document at the Russian inter-departmental commission to approve the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft crew at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia, on 30 November 2012.

From left to right: cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano are part of the Soyuz TMA-07M back-up crew, the prime crew will be launched to the International Space Station in December 2012.

Luca is assigned engineer on a long duration mission to the International Space Station planned for 2013.