Gennady Padalka

Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka smiles after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch on the Soyuz TMA-04M on 15 May 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Gennady, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin and Expedition 31 Flight Engineer NASA astronaut Joe Acaba onboard launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time a day later.