Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19 commander; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Padalka and Barratt are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in March 2009. Wakata will fly to the station on STS-119 and will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 18 and 19.
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Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19 commander; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Padalka and Barratt are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in March 2009. Wakata will fly to the station on STS-119 and will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 18 and 19.