The Expedition 48-49 prime and backup crew members conduct the traditional raising of the Russian, Japanese, American and Kazakh flags June 26.
JSC2016e077228 (06/26/2016) — Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 48-49 prime and backup crew members conduct the traditional raising of the Russian, Japanese, American and Kazakh flags June 26. Prime crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky