Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (center) and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA strike a playful pose for pictures with their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits Oct. 28 following a fit check dress rehearsal.
JSC2013-E-091209 (28 Oct. 2013) — In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (center) and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA strike a playful pose for pictures with their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits Oct. 28 following a fit check dress rehearsal. The trio is scheduled to launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Phloto crecit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov