The Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft is raised into vertical position, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Monday, May 26, 2014, in Kazakhstan.
The launch of the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) with Expedition 40/41 ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev and Reid Wiseman of NASA, is scheduled at 20:56 GMT (21:56 pm CEST) on 28 May.