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September 24, 2013.
The State Commission meeting

The State Commission held its meeting at Baikonur launch site where the primary and backup crews for Soyuz TMA-10M were approved and the readiness of the space launcher system was confirmed.

The State Commission approved the proposed composition of the primary and backup crews.

Prime crew: Oleg Valerievich KOTOV (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-10M Commander; Sergei Nikolaevich RYAZANSKIY (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-10M Flight Engineer-1; Michael Scott HOPKINS (NASA, USA) , Soyuz TMA-10M Flight Engineer-2.

Backup crew: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich SKVORTSOV (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-10M Commander; Oleg Germanovich ARTEMYEV (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-10M Flight Engineer-1; Steven Ray SWANSON (NASA, USA), Soyuz TMA-10M Flight Engineer-2.

The members of the primary and backup crews reported their readiness for the mission.

The launch of the Soyuz-FG integrated launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the ISS Orbital Complex is planned for September 26, 2013 at 00:58 a.m. Moscow time.