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At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters, the Expedition 39/40 prime and backup crew members pose for pictures March 19 as part of traditional activities leading to the next crew launch to the International Space Station. From left to right are backup crew members Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos and prime crew members Steve Swanson of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station March 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft for a six-month mission.