Expedition 56 Preflight
Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Gerst, flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos 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)
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NHQ201806060076
Date Created
June 6, 2018
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HQ
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Photographer
NASA/Joel Kowsky
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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