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At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 63 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures April 8 as they prepare for launch. From left to right are prime crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos and backup crewmembers Andrei Babkin and Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Steve Bowen of NASA. Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.