Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer's wife, Elizabeth Fischer, left, and daughters Sariah (not pictured) and Bethany, right, reach up to the bus window to bid farewell to Fischer as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 1:13PM April 20 Baikonur time and will send Fischer and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos on a four and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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