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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crew members Nick Hague of NASA (left) and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (right) hold up toy mascots Oct. 6 during final fit check activities prior to launch. The mascots will be mounted over their heads in the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft to serve as “zero-G” indicators when they launch Oct. 11 for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.