The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft lifts off for the International Space Station with Expedition 53 crew from the Baikonur Cosmodrome September 13, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. American astronaut Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and American astronaut Joe Acaba of NASA will spend 3 and a half months aboard the orbiting laboratory.

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The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft lifts off for the International Space Station with Expedition 53 crew from the Baikonur Cosmodrome September 13, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. American astronaut Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and American astronaut Joe Acaba of NASA will spend 3 and a half months aboard the orbiting laboratory.

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