The Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft is prepared for encapsulation into the nose fairing of the booster rocket in the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome March 6, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Expedition 59 crew: Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14th for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

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