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Backup Expedition 25 crew members Ron Garan of NASA (left) and cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (center) and Oleg Kononenko (right) pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Cannon at the Kremlin in Moscow Sept. 17, 2010 as they joined prime crew members Scott Kelly, Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka (all out of frame) in ceremonial activities leading up to the launch of Kelly, Kaleri and Skripochka to the International Space Station Oct. 8 (Kazakhstan time) in the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 5 ½ month stay on the International Space Station.