Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 49 to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov and his crew mates, 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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