Next ISS crew readies to lift off from Baikonur
13:03, 16 May 2014
BAIKONYR. KAZINFORM The prime and backup crewmembers of the Soyuz TMA 13M who arrived yesterday at the Baikonur Space Centre have proceeded to the final pre-launch preparations.
The Soyuz TMA-13M carrying its commander Maxim Suraev, NASA flight engineer G. Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst will blast off on May 28, 2014, the press service of Roscosmos said. The backup crew consists of Anton Shkaplerov (Roscosmos), Samantha Kristoferetti (ESA) and Terry Verts (NASA).