Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov, center, answers a questing during a crew press conference Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Shane Kimbrough of NASA, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct. 19.

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