Aboard a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft bound for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 49 crewmember Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (center) affixes a Soyuz MS-02 crew decal to a door Sept. 8 in a traditional ceremony. Looking on are crewmates Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos (left) and Shane Kimbrough of NASA (right). The trio will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time on the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.
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