The inter-departmental commission approved the composition of prime and backup crews of Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft, which should be launched on October 23rd, Rosbalt reports. The spacecraft will deliver the crew to the ISS.
The prime crew is formed by Oleg Novitsky (Roscosmos), Evgeny Tarelkin (Roscosmos) and Kevin Ford (NASA).
The backup crew is formed by Pavel Vinigradov (Roscosmos), Alexander Misurkin (Roscosmos) and Christopher Cassidy (NASA).











