Expedition 38/39 backup crew members

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 38 backup crew members Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Max Suraev (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz simulator 18 October, 2013 as they participate in qualification exam simulations.

They are backing up the prime crew members, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, who are scheduled to launch on 7 November 2013, local time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.