Stock Photo - Expedition 3233 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams of NASA beams with her crewmates after planting a tree in her name behind the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan July 9, 2012 as part of the traditional ceremonies leading up to her launch July 15 to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft. Enjoying the moment with Williams are Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and on the right, backup crewmember Tom Marshburn of NASA.

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