Expedition 55 Preflight

Expedition 55 flight engineer Drew Feustel of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-08 is scheduled for 1:44 p.m. Eastern Time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 and will send Feustel, Artemyev, and Arnold on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)