Expedition 54 flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, right, and Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos speak with family and friends as flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Tingle, Shkaplerov, and Kanai on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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