Russian State Commission's meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 50 crewmembers, on 16 November 2016, in Kazakhstan.
From left to right are prime crewmembers Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency and backup crewmembers Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Jack Fischer of NASA.
Thomas Pesquet, Peggy Whitson and Oleg Novitsky will be launched 17 November for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.
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