Expedition 50 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos waves farewell to friends, family, and mission managers as he and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet head to the launch pad, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Whitson, Novitskiy, and Pesquet launched in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission. GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

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