Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov prepares to have his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked ahead of his launch aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Kimbrough, and Borisenko are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct 19.

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