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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 backup crewmembers Steve Bowen of NASA (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (center) and Andrei Babkin (right) of Roscosmos pose for pictures April 3 in front of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft as part of pre-launch activities. They are the backups to the prime crew, Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, who will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from Baikonur on April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.