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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the prime and backup crews of Expedition 25 pose for a picture after conducting the traditional raising of flags outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters Sept. 27, 2010. From left to right are prime crew flight engineers Alexander Kaleri, Oleg Skripochka and Scott Kelly, joined by backup crew members Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko and Ron Garan. Kelly, Kaleri and Skripochka are completing training for their launch Oct. 8 (Kazakhstan time) in the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft to the International Space Station.