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At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 57 prime and backup crew members applaud during traditional pre-launch flag raising ceremonies Sept. 27. From left to right are backup crew members David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and prime crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA. Ovchinin and Hague of will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.