New International Space Station Crew Ready for Launch

Expedition 37 NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins, far left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy, far right, share a laugh at a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Sept. 26 and will send Hopkings, Kotov, Ryazanski on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.