AirshowAt the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters plants a tree in her name in traditional pre-launch activities.

AirshowAt the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 crewmember Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left) plants a tree in her name May 29 in traditional pre-launch activities for a first-time flier. Assisting are crewmates Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right). Aunon-Chancellor, Prokopyev and Gerst will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.