
jsc2017e115211 (Sept.. 8, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 53-54 crewmember Mark Vande Hei of NASA (right) plants a tree bearing his name Sept. 8 in a traditional pre-launch ceremony as crewmates Joe Acaba of NASA (left) and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos (center) pitch in to help. Acaba, Misurkin and Vande Hei will launch Sept. 13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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