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The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft stands at the launch pad

The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft stands at the launch pad
The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand vertically the Site 31 launch pad.

jsc2020e017005 (April 6, 2020) – At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand vertically the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch following rollout. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.