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In the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 backup crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures March 6 in front of a statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, during traditional pre-launch ceremonies. Prime crewmembers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.