Expedition 49 Preflight

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, second from left, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos third from left, pose for a picture with backup crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, third from right, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, second from right, and Nikolai Tikhonov of Roscosmos, right, infront of at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)