Members of the Expedition 50 51 crew share a moment before departing for their launch site in Baikonur Kazakhstan.

Members of the Expedition 50-51 crew share a light-hearted moment Nov. 1 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before departing for their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, Peggy Whitson of NASA, cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency and Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos. Novitskiy, Whitson and Pesquet will launch Nov. 18, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

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