EXPEDITION 68 SPACE STATION CREW PREPARES FOR LAUNCH IN KAZAKHSTAN

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the International Space Station’s Expedition 68 crew, Soyuz Commander Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos and Frank Rubio of NASA and their backups, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos and Loral O’Hara of NASA participated in a variety of activities September 5-16 as they prepared for their upcoming mission. Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio are set to launch September 21 from Baikonur in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. The footage includes the crew’s arrival in Baikonur, their Soyuz fit checks in the Cosmodrome’s Integration Facility and other training milestones. Join NASA as we go forward to the Moon and on to Mars -- discover the latest on Earth, the Solar System and beyond with a weekly update in your inbox. Subscribe at: