The Expedition 37/38 prime and backup crewmembers raise the U.S. Russian and Kazakh flags in a ceremony.

At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 37/38 prime and backup crewmembers raise the U.S., Russian and Kazakh flags Sept. 15 in a traditional ceremony. The event was part of the activities that will lead to the launch Sept. 26, Kazakh time, of Michael Hopkins of NASA, Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to begin a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

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