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2014-09-21-12-45-40 In the Baikonur Cosmodrome Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures in front of the first stage engines of their Soyuz booster rocket Sept. 21 as they enter the final stages of pre-launch preparations. The trio will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first to live and work on the station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov