Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch and Nick Hague of NASA share a moment Feb. 26 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training.
jsc2019e007198 (Feb. 26, 2019) — At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) share a moment Feb. 26 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Hague, Koch and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit:
NASA/Beth Weissinger