The Soyuz launch pad is seen prior to the rocket arriving by train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Expedition 53 flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of September 13 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately five and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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