Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Nick Hague of NASA (center) and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (right) listen to reporters’ questions Feb. 21 during a pre-launch news conference.
jsc2019e004417 (Feb. 21, 2019) — At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Nick Hague of NASA (center) and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (right) listen to reporters’ questions Feb. 21 during a pre-launch news conference. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center