Expedition 56 Preflight

Signatures of astronauts, and cosmonauts from various countries can be seen on a door of a room in the Cosmonaut Hotel, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) will follow the traditional and sign the door ahead of their launch onboard a Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft. Auñón-Chancellor, Prokopyev, and Gerst launched aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft at 7:12am EDT (5:12pm Baikonur time) on June 6 to begin their journey to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)