Expedition 40/41 crew members during the press conference

From left: Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, during the crew's press conference at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, 27 May, 2014, in Kazakhstan.

Gerst, Suraev and Wiseman, are ready for launch on 28 May from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.