At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 backup crew member Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (left) shares a moment with prime crew member Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency June 24 before heading to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Prime crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Onishi will launch July 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station.
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Star City Moscow
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NASA/Alexander Vysotsky
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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 backup crew member Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (left) shares a moment with prime crew member Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency June 24 before heading to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Prime crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Onishi will launch July 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station.