Luca Parmitano

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency is seen inside the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft as he, NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin conducted a suited "fit check" dress rehearsal exercise, 17 May, 2013.

Luca Parmitano, NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin will launch May 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft to begin a six-mission on the International Space Station.