Expedition 49 backup crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, left, Alexander Misurkin, center, and Nikolai Tikhonov of Roscosmos, left, pose for a picture after the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft arrives as the launch pad after being rolled out by train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) Expedition 49 Rollout (NHQ201

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Expedition 49 backup crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, left, Alexander Misurkin, center, and Nikolai Tikhonov of Roscosmos, left, pose for a picture after the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft arrives as the launch pad after being rolled out by train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) Expedition 49 Rollout (NHQ201610160015)

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