Expedition 38/39 Crew Undergoes Final Training Outside Moscow

Expedition 38/39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and their backups, Max Suraev of Roscosmos, Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, conducted final qualification training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, from Oct. 15-18. Tyurin, Mastracchio and Wakata are scheduled for a Nov. 7 liftoff, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station. Included is an interview with NASA astronaut Suni Williams.