At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (right) responds to a reporter’s question Feb. 21 during a pre-launch news conference as crewmates Christina Koch of NASA (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (center) look on. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Date February 21, 2019