Expedition 53 flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, center, and Mark Vande Hei of NASA pose for a photograph ahead of their launch on a Soyuz rocket, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, Building 254, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Acaba, Misurkin, and Vande Hei will spend approximately five and half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

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