At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crew member Christina Koch of NASA (left) plants a tree in her name March 7 in traditional pre-launch activities. Assisting her are crewmates Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right). They will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.
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At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crew member Christina Koch of NASA (left) plants a tree in her name March 7 in traditional pre-launch activities. Assisting her are crewmates Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right). They will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.