Expedition 53 flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA talk to Roscosmos and NASA management after having their Sokol suits pressure checked ahead of their 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/Victor Zelentsov)

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