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