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14-12-25-35: (14 Sept. 2014) --- The Expedition 41/42 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the statue of Russian space icon Sergei Korolev during a tour of Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 14. From left to right are Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and Scott Kelly of NASA. Kelly and Kornienko will launch from Baikonur in March 2015 to spend a full year on the International Space Station. They are backups to Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

14-12-25-35: (14 Sept. 2014) --- The Expedition 41/42 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the statue of Russian space icon Sergei Korolev during a tour of Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 14. From left to right are Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and Scott Kelly of NASA. Kelly and Kornienko will launch from Baikonur in March 2015 to spend a full year on the International Space Station. They are backups to Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Photographer Victor Zelentsov