Expedition 59 crew member Christina Koch plants a tree

jsc2019e013057 (March 7, 2019) — At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA (left) plants a tree in her name March 7 in traditional pre-launch activities. Assisting her are crewmates Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right). They will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov