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The combined six-member Expedition 36 crew chats with family members after docking at the International Space Station. Back row, left to right: Alexander Misurkin, Christopher Cassidy, Pavel Vinogradov. Front row, left to right: Karen Nyberg, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Luca Parmitano.
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The view from the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft as it closed in on the International Space Station late Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
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The Soyuz TMA-09M rocket blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying three fresh crew members on a four-orbit flight to the International Space Station.
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A camera aboard the space station captured this shot of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on final approach to the lab's Rasset module.
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Members of the next mission to the International Space Station, from left, Astronaut Karen Nyberg, Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano relax after a final training session in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft.
The start of the new Soyuz mission is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, 2013.
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Nyberg, Yurchikhin and Parmitano pose in front of their Soyuz rocket in its processing hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Nyberg enjoys the view of Earth during a 2008 shuttle visit to the International Space Station.
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Nyberg and her 3-year-old son, Jack, during a recent visit to Moscow.
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An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media shortly after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on May 27, 2013 in Kazakhstan.
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Members of the next mission to the International Space Station, U.S. astronaut Karen Nyberg, left, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, center, and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano pose after a news conference in Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, May 27, 2013.
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The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on its launching pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Member of the next mission to the International Space Station, U.S. astronaut Karen Nyberg speaks during a news conference at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, May 27, 2013.
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European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano of Italy, gestures after a news conference at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, May 27, 2013.
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The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft is raised into vertical position after arriving at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad by train in Kazakhstan, May 26, 2013.
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The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan, May 26, 2013.
