Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 15th Dec, 2017. The Russian Soyuz rocket and Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft are positioned on the launch pad as the gantry arms close in preparation for the NASA International Space Station Expedition 54 mission at the Baikonur Cosmodrome December 15, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. International Space Station Expedition 54 crew cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Rosmos, astronaut Scott Tingle of NASA, and astronaut Norishige Kanai of JAXA are scheduled to launch on December 17th. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News

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