Expedition 56 Preflight

Expedition 56 flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA is helped into her Russian Sokol suit as she and fellow crewmates, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Auñón-Chancellor, Prokopyev, and Gerst on a six month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)