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Behind the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 47-48 crewmember Jeff Williams of NASA (center) waters a tree previously planted in his name March 12 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. His crewmates, Oleg Skripochka (left) and Alexey Ovchinin (right) of Roscosmos look on. Williams, Ovchinin and Skripochka are conducting final training for their launch March 19, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.