Expedition 53 flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, center, and Mark Vande Hei of NASA don their Sokol suits ahead of the crew's 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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