Crew members of the 48/49 expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), US astronaut Kate Rubins (L), Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin (C) and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi (R) report to the state commission before the boarding of a Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft, just a few hours before their launch to the ISS in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, early July 7. The launch of the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft will send NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on a four-month mission aboard the International Space Station, and are scheduled to return to Earth in October 2016.  EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky