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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA flashes a thumbs up in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit Sept. 13 during the first of two "fit check" dress rehearsal activities. Wilmore, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space.