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At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmember Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos (center) plants a tree bearing his name April 1 in traditional pre-launch activities. Looking on are crewmates Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (left) and Chris Cassidy of NASA (second from left) and backup crewmembers Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, Steve Bowen of NASA and Andrei Babkin of Roscosmos on the right. 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.