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In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 47-48 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures March 4 during pre-launch training. In the front row in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits are prime crewmembers Jeff Williams of NASA (left) and Alexey Ovchinin (center) and Oleg Skripochka (right) of Roscosmos. In the back row in flight suits are backup crewmembers Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (center) and Andre Borisenko (right) of Roscosmos. Williams, Ovchinin and Skripochka will launch March 19, Kazakh time, for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.