The Expedition 41/42 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures before flying for pre-launch training.

With the statue of Vladimir Lenin behind them, the Expedition 41/42 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Sept. 12 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before flying to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. From left to right are backup crewmembers Scott Kelly of NASA, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos and prime crewmembers Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova will launch from Baikonur on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space.

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