Expedition 56 Preflight Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Auñón-Chancellor, Prokopyev, and Gerst on a six month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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