With the statue of Vladimir Lenin behind them, the Expedition 41/42 prime and backup crew members pose for pictures Sept. 12 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before flying to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final prelaunch training. From left to right are backup crew members Scott Kelly of NASA, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos and prime crew members Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova are scheduled to launch from Baikonur on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space.
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With the statue of Vladimir Lenin behind them, the Expedition 41/42 prime and backup crew members pose for pictures Sept. 12 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before flying to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final prelaunch training. From left to right are backup crew members Scott Kelly of NASA, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos and prime crew members Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova are scheduled to launch from Baikonur on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space.