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Expedition 49-50 Crew Members Arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Expedition 49-50 Crew Members Arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Expedition 49 crew members arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 8 for final pre-launch training.

Expedition 49 crew members Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (center) and Andrey Borisenko (right) of Roscosmos arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 8 for final pre-launch training after a flight from their base at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The trio will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time on the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov.