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Image: Expedition 46 backup crew members in front of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft mock-up in Star City, Russia

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Description: At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 46-47 backup crew members Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left), Kate Rubins of NASA (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) listen to reporters’ questions in front of a Soyuz simulator Nov. 19 at the start of qualification exams. They are the backups to the prime crewmembers, Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos, Tim Kopra of NASA and Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 15 in the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.
Title: Expedition 46 backup crew members in front of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft mock-up in Star City, Russia
Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/23161157281/
Author: NASA/Seth Marcantel
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