Oleg Skripochka, Jeff Williams and Alexey Ovchinin

Aboard their aircraft bound for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 47-48 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (left), Jeff Williams of NASA (center) and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (right) shared a moment to discuss the day’s activities as they flew to Baikonur March 3 for final pre-launch preparations. The trio will launch March 19, Kazakh time, from Baikonur on the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

NASA/Dr. Josef Schmid