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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 25 Flight Engineers Scott Kelly of NASA, Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka (left to right) discuss the progress of their launch preparations September 26, 2010 with their backups, Ron Garan, Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko (left to right) as they prepared to check out the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft they will launch in October 8 to the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 25 Flight Engineers Scott Kelly of NASA, Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka (left to right) discuss the progress of their launch preparations September 26, 2010 with their backups, Ron Garan, Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko (left to right) as they prepared to check out the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft they will launch in October 8 to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov