Expedition 56 Preflight

Expedition 56 backup crew members Anne McClain of NASA, back left, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, back center, and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, back right, stand behind prime crew members flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, from left, Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, front center, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), front right, after donning their Russian Sokol suits as they 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)