Sergey Romanov, RSC-E General Designer of Human Space Systems, left, and Mamoru Endo, JAXA Senior Vice President, walk with Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as he prepares to board the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of July 7, Kazakh time (July 6 Eastern time.) All three will spend approximately four months on t

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Sergey Romanov, RSC-E General Designer of Human Space Systems, left, and Mamoru Endo, JAXA Senior Vice President, walk with Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as he prepares to board the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of July 7, Kazakh time (July 6 Eastern time.) All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Expedition 48 Arrival at Launch Pad (NHQ201607070037)

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