New Station Crew Prepares for Launch

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Expedition 41/42 Crew Departs for Kazakh Launch Site

Expedition 41/42 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore, and their backups, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos and Scott Kelly of NASA, participated in traditional ceremonies at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside Moscow on Sept. 12. Afterward, they departed for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to complete their training for the launch of Samokutyaev, Wilmore and Serova to the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft on Sept. 26, Kazakh time. Serova will become only the fourth Russian female cosmonaut to fly in space and was greeted at the farewell ceremony by Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space. Kelly and Kornienko are scheduled to launch in March 2015 for a one-year mission on the space station.

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Expedition 41 Crew Profile, Version 1

Meet the three Expedition 41 crew members who will launch to the International Space Station in September. NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Roscosmos cosmonaut Elena Serova are set to launch Sept. 25 (Sept. 26, Kazakh time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

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Expedition 41/42 Prelaunch Activities in Kazakhstan

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 41/42 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore participated in a variety of activities from Sept. 12-17. The crew will launch to the International Space Station on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft.

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Butch Wilmore – Building Dreams

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore discusses his love of building things, starting as child, and how those skills will benefit his stay aboard the ISS. Wilmore and his crew mates, Cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), will launch to the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew will continue supporting several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science currently under way and scheduled to take place aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Wilmore will assume command of Expedition 42 in November when Expedition 41 returns home. He is scheduled to return to Earth with Samokutyaev and Serova in March 2015.

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Expedition 41 Soyuz Prepared for Launch to Station

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft was encapsulated into the third stage of its Soyuz booster rocket Sept. 19 as preparations continued for the Sept. 26 launch of Expedition 41/42 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos to the International Space Station. The trio also conducted their final “fit check” dress rehearsal in their Soyuz craft Sept. 21 for a mission in which they will spend five and a half months on the orbital laboratory.

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Exp 41/42 Mission Overview

For the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station’s Expedition 41, the main job these days is simple to explain. They are there to conduct scientific experiments and make discoveries.

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Expedition 41/42 Soyuz TMA-14M Roll Out

The Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Sept. 23, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Sept. 26, Kazakh time, and will carry Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

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Expedition 41/42 Crew Meets Russian Commission Officials and Reporters as Launch Approaches

Expedition 41/42 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore, and their backups, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos and Scott Kelly of NASA, appeared before the Russian State Commission on Sept. 24 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The commission gave its final approval for the launch of Samokutyaev, Wilmore and Serova to the International Space Station on Sept. 26, Kazakh time in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft. The crew members also conducted a final prelaunch news conference at the Cosmonaut Hotel. Serova will become only the fourth Russian female cosmonaut to fly in space. Kelly and Kornienko are scheduled to launch in March 2015 for a one-year mission on the space station.

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