
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, Expedition 39/40 backup crewmembers Elena Serova (second from the left) and Alexander Samokutyaev (third from the left) of Roscosmos share the microphone March 6 as they answer questions from reporters during a crew news conference. Joining the news conference was the head of GCTC, Sergei Krikalev (far left), NASA’s Barry Wilmore (second from the right) and an interpreter (far right). The prime crew, Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 26, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft for a six-month mission. NASA/Stephanie Stoll
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