Expedition 54 flight engineer Norishige Kanai of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 2:21 Eastern Time (1:21 Baikonur time) on December 17 and will send Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai on a five month mission aboard the International Space Sta

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Expedition 54 flight engineer Norishige Kanai of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 2:21 Eastern Time (1:21 Baikonur time) on December 17 and will send Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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