Expedition 55 Backup Crew and Statue of Yuri Gagarin

jsc2018e024048 — In the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 backup crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures March 6 in front of a statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, during traditional pre-launch ceremonies. Prime crew members Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov