Expedition 40 Launches to the International Space Station

[Stephanie Wilson]

The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with*Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev, of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst, of the European Space Agency, ESA, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA in the early hours of*Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.*Suraev, Gerst, and Wiseman will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station.*Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

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