At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft was mated to its booster rocket and moved to the launch pad on a railcar (July 4) for final preparations before launch to the International Space Station on July 7 2016. The Soyuz MS-01 carry to the orbital complex for a four-month mission 3 cosmonauts from two missions: Expedition 48 and Expedition 49.