Expedition 53 flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA has his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz rocket with Expedition 53 Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and Expedition 53 flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, 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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