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Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19 commander; along with astronauts Michael Barratt (left) and Tim Kopra, both flight engineers, pose for a portrait following an Expedition 19 preflight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Padalka and Barratt are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft in March 2009. Kopra is scheduled to join Expedition 19 as flight engineer after launching to the station with the STS-127 crew.