The Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft that took ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, Roscosmos cosmonaut Max Suraev and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman to space and will fly them back to Earth after almost six months on the International Space Station. In the background is a Progress supply spacecraft, also docked with the Space Station.
Alexander Gerst commented on this image days before leaving the weightless research laboratory: “This baby will take us home on Monday.”
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