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Behind their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 41/42 prime and backup crew members pose for pictures Sept. 17 during a break from their training. From left to right are backup crew members Scott Kelly of NASA, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos and prime crew members Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos, Elena Serova of Roscosmos and Barry Wilmore of NASA. Wilmore, Serova and Samokutyaev are scheduled tol launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. Kelly and Kornienko will launch in March 2015 to spend a full a year on the station.