
Expedition 54 flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Tingle, Kanai, and Shkaplerov on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
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NHQ201712170042
Date Created
December 17, 2017
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Media Type
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Photographer
NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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