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13-10-51-6: In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (center) and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA (right) pose for pictures Nov. 3 in front of the first stage of the Soyuz rocket during their final fit check dress rehearsal. The Soyuz rocket’s skirt is adorned with artwork representing the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The crewmembers, who will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time for a six-month mission on the International Space Station, are carrying the Olympic torch to the complex with them for a four-day visit. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

13-10-51-6: In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (center) and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA (right) pose for pictures Nov. 3 in front of the first stage of the Soyuz rocket during their final fit check dress rehearsal. The Soyuz rocket’s skirt is adorned with artwork representing the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The crewmembers, who will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time for a six-month mission on the International Space Station, are carrying the Olympic torch to the complex with them for a four-day visit. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Photographer Victor Zelentsov