Expedition 47-48 Crew Members

Expedition 47 prime crew members: Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, left; Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center; and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, right; pose for a photo at the conclusion of a press conference on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 19 Baikonur time and will carry Skripochka, Ovchinin, and Williams into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani).