Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, answers a question

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Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, answers a question during a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. He is seen with Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, left, and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos, right. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Sept. 26 and will carry Samokutyaev, Wilmore, and Serova into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station.

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