Expedition 53 flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, center, and Mark Vande Hei of NASA talk to family, friends, and colleagues as Expedition 53 backup crew members Shannon Walker of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, and Scott Tingle of NASA look on ahead of the crew's launch on a Soyuz rocket, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, Building 254, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Acaba, Misurkin, and Vande Hei will spend approximately five and half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

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