NASA backup crew member Steve Swanson waves hello at a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sept. 24, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft is scheduled for Sept. 26, Kazakh time, and will send Expedition 37 NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.
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NASA backup crew member Steve Swanson waves hello at a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sept. 24, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft is scheduled for Sept. 26, Kazakh time, and will send Expedition 37 NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.