Expedition 56 Preflight

Expedition 56 flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), 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, June 6, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-09 is scheduled for 7:12am Eastern Time (5:12pm Baikonur time) on June 6 and will send Prokopyev, Gerst, and Auñón-Chancellor on a six month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)