Cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka

Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos waves to family and friends at a press conference on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. He is seen with Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 19 Baikonur time and will carry Skripochka, Ovchinin, and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani).