
Expedition 63 backup crewmembers share a game of chess
jsc2020e016958 (April 1, 2020) - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 backup crewmembers Sergey Ryzhikov (left) and Andrei Babkin (center) of Roscosmos and Steve Bowen of NASA (right) share a game of chess April 1. They are the backups to the prime crew, Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, who will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.
Image Credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/Andrey Shelepin
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TakenApril 1, 2020
Image CreditGagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/Andrey Shelepin
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