At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 49 crewmembers Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (center) and Andrey Borisenko (right) of Roscosmos pose for pictures Sept. 8 before departing on a flight to the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where they will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time on the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll Soyuz MS-02 crew members depart Star City

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