Expedition 54 Preflight

Expedition 54 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow cremates flight engineer Norishige Kanai of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai will launch in their Soyuz MS-07 to the International Space Station to begin a five month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)