NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman shared this image of Yellowstone

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Astronaut Reid Wiseman Shares Earth  Art While Preparing for Return

11/07/2014 11:00 AM EST

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman shared this image of Yellowstone via

 his twitter account this morning.

 Wiseman later tweeted: "We cranked up our #Soyuz this morning and test fired all

 the thrusters. Everything worked flawlessly - ready for a Sunday departure." - @astro_reid

The homebound Expedition 40/41 trio, consisting of Soyuz Commander Max Suraev and Flight 

Engineers Alexander Gerst and Wiseman, is counting down to its Nov. 9 departure inside

 the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft. They are packing gear to be returned home while they 

continue science and maintenance on the U.S. 

side of the International Space Station.

Back on Earth, the new Expedition 42/43 crew is getting ready for its launch to the space

 station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 23. Soyuz Commander

 Anton Shkaplerov will be joined by NASA astronaut Terry Virts and European Space Agency 

astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti aboard a Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft to begin a 

5-1/2 month mission aboard the orbital laboratory.

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Image Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman