After laying flowers at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow in a traditional ceremony Sept. 17, 2010, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (left), Expedition 25 flight engineer; Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri (center); and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (right), flight engineer, pose for pictures as they prepare for their launch Oct. 8 (Kazakhstan time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft bound for 5 ½ months on the International Space Station.
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NASA/Lisa Polansky
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After laying flowers at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow in a traditional ceremony Sept. 17, 2010, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (left), Expedition 25 flight engineer; Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri (center); and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (right), flight engineer, pose for pictures as they prepare for their launch Oct. 8 (Kazakhstan time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft bound for 5 ½ months on the International Space Station.