At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 50-51 crew poses for pictures Nov. 1 in front of Lenin’s Statue before departing for their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency. The trio will launch Nov. 18, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll