Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, second from right, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate Bill Gerstenmaier, right, talk with Expedition 52 flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA following Russian Sokol Suit pressure checks in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft, Friday, July 28, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Bresnik, flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency), launched at 11:41 EDT on July 28 (9:41 Baikonur time) to begin a four

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Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, second from right, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate Bill Gerstenmaier, right, talk with Expedition 52 flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA following Russian Sokol Suit pressure checks in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft, Friday, July 28, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Bresnik, flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency), launched at 11:41 EDT on July 28 (9:41 Baikonur time) to begin a four and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

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