Expedition 52 flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) is seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 52 to the International Space Station, Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Nespoli and fellow Expedition 52 crew members flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 28. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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