International Space Station crew approved

Baikonur. May 28. Silkroadnews – State Commission has approved main crew members for the 40th/41st expedition to the International Space Station, as KazTAG informs.
“The main crew members are approved as follows:  crew captain –Roscosmos Cosmonaut Maksim Surayev (Russia), flight engineer 1 – NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman (USA), flight engineer 2 – European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (Germany)”, as the chairman of interdepartmental state commission, a Chief of Roscosmos, Oleg Ostapenko said informed this Tuesday.
The main crew is to be doubled by the crew captain Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), and flight engineers European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy) and NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA)
“Soyuz TMA-13M”space shuttle is to be launched on the 29th of May, 2014 from N1 launching pad at 2:57, Astana time.