The Soyuz rocket and Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is assembled at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is scheduled for Nov. 24 and will send Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA , and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency to the International Space Station for a five and a half month

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