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In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 46-47 backup crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) pose for photos Dec. 1 in front of the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft during a crew fit check. The trio is backing up prime crewmembers Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, Tim Kopra of NASA and Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), who will launch Dec. 15 from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.