At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 53-54 crewmember Mark Vande Hei of NASA answers a reporter’s question during a news conference Sept. 1. Vande Hei, Joe Acaba of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos will launch Sept. 13 on the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger