NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, center, and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) report to officials before departing for the launch pad and launching onboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of July 7, Kazakh time (July 6 Eastern time.) All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October. Photo Cred

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NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, center, and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) report to officials before departing for the launch pad and launching onboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of July 7, Kazakh time (July 6 Eastern time.) All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov) Expedition 48 Suit Up (NHQ201607070075)

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