Stock Photo - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 07 November, 2013. Winter Olympics torch in space. . Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, holding the Olympic torch, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA top, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket for launch, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Olympic torch have a four-day visit to the International Space Station. Tyurin, Mastracchio, and, Wakata will spend the next six months aboard the International Space Station. They will carry with the winter Olympic Torch to the ISS -- Picture by Bill Ingalls/Lightroom Photos/NASA.