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In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 56 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft May 20 as part of the first Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal activities. From left to right are Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who are backups to the prime crew, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency who will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e050009 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 56 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft May 20 as part of the first Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal activities. From left to right are Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who are backups to the prime crew, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency who will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Photographer Victor Zelentsov