Expedition 57 backup crew members Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (left) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Sept. 27 at the statue of Sergei Korolev, the Russian space designer icon, during traditional pre-launch ceremonies.
jsc2018e084641 (Sept. 27, 2018) — During a tour of the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 backup crew members Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (left) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Sept. 27 at the statue of Sergei Korolev, the Russian space designer icon, during traditional pre-launch ceremonies. They are the backups to the prime crew, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, who will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov