Expedition 52 flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft, Friday, July 28, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Nespoli, flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, launched at 11:41 EDT on July 28 (9:41 Baikonur time) to begin a four and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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