Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, left, is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmate, Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA, right, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 1:13 April 20 Baikonur time, and will carry Yurchikhin and Fischer into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

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