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JSC2012-E-242601 (14 Dec. 2012) --- At the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 34 prime and backup crew members reflect the spirit of the holiday season as they pose for pictures in front of a wall mural depicting the cosmos and a model of Sputnik 1, the first satellite launched into orbit in October 1957 during ceremonial activities Dec. 14, 2012. From left to right are backup crew members Karen Nyberg of NASA, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Fyodor Yurchikhin and prime crew members Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko, Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency and Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA. Romanenko, Hadfield and Marshburn are scheduled to launch Dec. 19 on the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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