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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 63 backup and prime crewmembers pose for pictures March 24 in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin prior to their departure for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right are backup crewmembers Steve Bowen of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrei Babkin of Roscosmos and prime crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos. Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.