Expedition 54 Preflight

Expedition 54 flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox Priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to his launch aboard the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kanai, flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, and Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos will spend the next five months living and working onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)