Welcome to the Space Station

Following a six-hour trip from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency were welcomed aboard the International Space Station on May 29 by Commander Steve Swanson, of NASA and the rest of the crew aboard the station.