International Space Station Expedition 49 backup crew members (L-R) NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, and Nikolai Tikhonov pose in front of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft during a pre-launch training fit check at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Integration Facility September 9, 2016 in Kazakhstan.

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International Space Station Expedition 49 backup crew members (L-R) NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, and Nikolai Tikhonov pose in front of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft during a pre-launch training fit check at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Integration Facility September 9, 2016 in Kazakhstan.

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Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Photo credit: © NASA Photo / Alamy / Afripics
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