jsc2018e043408 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 backup crew member David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency listens to a reporter’s question May 10 following his final Soyuz qualification May 10. Saint-Jacques, Anne McClain of NASA and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos are the backups to the prime crew of Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043415 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 prime crew member Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA reacts to space officials’ instructions during the first of two days of final Soyuz qualification exams May 10. Aunon-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048500 - In the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia May 14, Expedition 56 backup crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency mimics the position he will be in when he launches aboard a Soyuz rocket later this year during pre-launch activities. Saint-Jacques is serving as a backup to prime crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e010825 - Bundled up against a blizzard, Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold of NASA (left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Drew Feustel of NASA (right) answer reporters’ questions March 4 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before flying to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135209 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Scott Tingle of NASA flashes a thumbs up as he boards a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Nov. 29 as part of the crew’s final qualification exam activities. Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is seen in the foreground. They will launch along with Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134968 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 backup crewmembers Jeanette Epps of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) answer reporters’ questions Nov. 28 as part of their final qualification exam activities. They are serving as backups to the prime crew, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), who will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134972 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, left), Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Scott Tingle of NASA (right) pose for pictures Nov. 28 as part of the crew’s final qualification exam activities. They will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043410 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 prime crew members Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) report to Russian, American and European space officials May 10 at the start of their final Soyuz qualification exams. They will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043404 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 backup crew member Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos signs in for the final Soyuz qualification exams May 10 as crewmate Anne McClain of NASA looks on. They and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) are the backups to the prime crew of Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 55 prime crewmembers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA (left and center) and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures during a day of qualification exams Feb. 20. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger
jsc2018e010823 - Bundled up against a blizzard, the Expedition 55 backup and prime crewmembers pose for pictures with the statue of Vladimir Lenin as a backdrop March 4 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before flying to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right are backup crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, and prime crewmembers Ricky Arnold of NASA, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Drew Feustel of NASA. Arnold, Artemyev and Feustel will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043417 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 prime crew members Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left) and Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (right) review procedures in a Russian segment mockup May 10 as part of their final flight qualification exams. Gerst, Aunon-Chancellor and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e044090 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmember Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos signs in for the final day of Soyuz qualification exams May 11. Looking on is his crewmate, NASA’s Serena Aunon-Chancellor. Prokopyev, Aunon-Chancellor and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048503 - At the Kremlin Wall in Red Square in Moscow May 14, Expedition 56 crewmember Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA lays flowers where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies. Aunon-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043409 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 backup crew members Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures May 10 following their final Soyuz spacecraft qualification exams. They are the backups to the prime crew of Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043414 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 prime crew member Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA listens to space officials’ instructions during the first of two days of final Soyuz qualification exams May 10. Aunon-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e010824 - Bundled up against a blizzard, the Expedition 55 backup and prime crewmembers pose for pictures with the statue of Vladimir Lenin as a backdrop March 4 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before flying to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right are backup crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, and prime crewmembers Ricky Arnold of NASA, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Drew Feustel of NASA. Arnold, Artemyev and Feustel will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048508 - Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Cannon at the Kremlin in Moscow May 14 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. They will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043412 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 prime crew member Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA signs in for the first of two days of final Soyuz qualification exams May 10. Aunon-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (back, left) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (back, right) will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135211 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) disconnects a cooling system hose as he boards a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Nov. 29 as part of the crew’s final qualification exam activities. He will launch along with Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e044093 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz simulator May 11 during the final day of their vehicle qualification exams. They will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 55 prime crewmembers Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (left) and Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA (center and right) report for a day of qualification exams Feb. 20. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger
jsc2017e135201 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Scott Tingle of NASA signs in for the start of the crew’s final qualification exam activities Nov. 29. Tingle, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134969 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 backup crewmembers Jeanette Epps of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) answer reporters’ questions Nov. 28 as part of their final qualification exam activities. They are serving as backups to the prime crew, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), who will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043416 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 prime crew members Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) wave to reporters May 10 at the start of two days of Soyuz qualification exams. They will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048498 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 prime crewmember Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (front, right) signs a ceremonial book May 14 as part of pre-launch activities. Joining him in the front row are crewmates Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (front, left) and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (front, center). Looking on in the back row are backup crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency. Aunon-Chancellor, Gerst and Prokopyev will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048496 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 56 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures May 14 following a crew news conference. From left to right are the prime crewmembers, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and their backups, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Anne McClain of NASA. Aunon-Chancellor, Prokopyev and Gerst will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048505 - At the Kremlin Wall in Red Square in Moscow May 14, Expedition 56 prime crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures as part of traditional pre-launch activities. They will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048495 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmember Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (right) answers a reporter’s question May 14 during a crew news conference. Prokopyev, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (center) will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048502 - Pausing for a reflective moment at the Kremlin Wall at Red Square in Moscow May 14, Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) prepare to lay flowers where Russian space icons are interred. They will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048504 - At the Kremlin Wall in Red Square in Moscow May 14, Expedition 56 crewmember Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency lays flowers where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies. Gerst, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134967 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 backup crewmembers Jeanette Epps of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) walk from a Soyuz training mockup Nov. 28 as part of their final qualification exam activities. They are serving as backups to the prime crew, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), who will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135205 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers Scott Tingle of NASA (left) Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, right) answer reporters’ questions Nov. 29 in front of a Soyuz spacecraft simulator as part of their final crew qualification exam activities. They will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135208 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers Scott Tingle of NASA (left) Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, right) pose for pictures Nov. 29 in front of a Soyuz spacecraft simulator as part of their final crew qualification exam activities. They will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135202 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signs in for the start of the crew’s final qualification exam activities Nov. 29. Kanai, Scott Tingle of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048509 - Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Cannon at the Kremlin in Moscow May 14 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. They will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e050027 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 56 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin May 19 before boarding a bus that took them to a nearby airfield for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right are the backup crewmembers, Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and the prime crew, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency. Aunon-Chancellor, Prokopyev and Gerst will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 55 backup crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA (left) and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures during a day of qualification exams Feb. 20. They are serving as backups to the prime crew, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA, who will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger
jsc2018e010822 - Bundled up against a blizzard, Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold of NASA (left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Drew Feustel of NASA (right) pose for pictures March 4 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before flying to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134973 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is seen in a space station trainer as part of the crew’s qualification exam training activities Nov. 28. Kanai, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Scott Tingle of NASA will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043411 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 prime crew member Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos signs in for the first of two days of final Soyuz qualification exams May 10. Prokopyev, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048501 - Walking in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral at Red Square in Moscow May 14, Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) prepare to lay flowers at the Kremlin Wall where Russian space icons are interred. They will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e044094 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz simulator May 11 during the final day of their vehicle qualification exams. They will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048506 - Expedition 56 crewmember Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA takes a stroll through the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow May 14 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Aunon-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135203 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left) and Scott Tingle of NASA (right) walk through a Soyuz spacecraft simulator building Nov. 29 as part of their final crew qualification exam activities. They will launch with Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e050026 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures May 19 before boarding a bus that took them to a nearby airfield for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e044091 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmember Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA signs in for the final day of Soyuz qualification exams May 11. Aunon-Chancellor. Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135206 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Scott Tingle of NASA listens to a reporters’ question Nov. 29 as part of the crew’s final qualification exam activities. Tingle, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135204 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers Scott Tingle of NASA (left) Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, right) pose for pictures Nov. 29 in front of a Soyuz spacecraft simulator as part of their final crew qualification exam activities. They will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134971 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, left), Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Scott Tingle of NASA (right) pose for pictures Nov. 28 as part of the crew’s final qualification exam activities. They will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e050024 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmembers Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (far left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (second from left) and Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA walk to the bus May 19 that took them to a nearby airfield for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 55 backup crewmember Nick Hague of NASA signs in for qualification exams Feb. 20. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are serving as backups to the prime crew, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA, who will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 55 prime crewmember Drew Feustel of NASA peers out of a Russian module training mockup during a day of qualification exams Feb. 20. Feustel, Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger
jsc2017e135199 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, left), Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Scott Tingle of NASA (right) report to officials Nov. 29 for the start of their final qualification exam activities. They will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048511 - Expedition 56 backup crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency poses for pictures in the Kremlin gardens in Moscow May 14 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Saint-Jacques is serving as a backup to the prime crew, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e044092 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmember Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency signs in for the final day of Soyuz qualification exams May 11 as his crewmate, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (right) looks on. Gerst, Prokopyev and Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 55 backup crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA report for qualification exams Feb. 20. They are serving as backups to the prime crew, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA, who will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger
jsc2018e048512 - Expedition 56 backup crewmember Anne McClain of NASA poses for pictures in the Kremlin gardens in Moscow May 14 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. McClain is serving as a backup to the prime crew, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135200 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) signs in for the start of the crew’s final qualification exam activities Nov. 29 as crewmate Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) looks on. Shkaplerov, Kanai and Scott Tingle of NASA will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134965 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 backup crewmember Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) signs in for the crew’s final qualification exam activities Nov. 28. Prokopyev, NASA’s Jeanette Epps (left) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) are serving as backups to the prime crew, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), who will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134974 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmembers Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, left) and Scott Tingle of NASA (right) are seen in a space station trainer as part of the crew’s qualification exam training activities Nov. 28. Kanai, Tingle and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135207 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Space Agency (JAXA) listens to a reporters’ question Nov. 29 as part of the crew’s final qualification exam activities. Kanai, Scott Tingle of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043405 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 backup crew member David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency signs in for his final Soyuz qualification exam May 10 as crewmates Anne McClain of NASA (left) and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos look on. They are the backups to the prime crew of Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043407 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 backup crew member Anne McClain of NASA listens to a reporter’s question May 10 following her final Soyuz qualification May 10. McClain, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency are the backups to the prime crew of Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043413 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 prime crew member Alexander Gerst signs in for the first of two days of final Soyuz qualification exams May 10. Gerst, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134966 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 backup crewmember Jeanette Epps of NASA signs in for the crew’s final qualification exam Nov. 28. Epps, Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) are serving as backups to the prime crew, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), who will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger
jsc2018e050025 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin May 19 before boarding a bus that took them to a nearby airfield for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e010826 - Bundled up against a blizzard, Expedition 55 crewmember Ricky Arnold of NASA flashes a thumbs up as he departs the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia March 4 for a flight to his launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Arnold, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Drew Feustel of NASA will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 55 prime crewmembers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA (left and center) and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures during a day of qualification exams Feb. 20. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger
jsc2018e048507 - Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Bell at the Kremlin in Moscow May 14 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. They will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043403 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 backup crew members Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) report for their final Soyuz spacecraft qualification exams May 10. They are the backups to the prime crew of Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048499 - In the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmember Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA gestures during a conversation with her husband May 14 in the midst of pre-launch activities. Aunon-Chancellor, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e135210 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) waves to reporters as he boards a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Nov. 29 as part of the crew’s final qualification exam activities. Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is seen in the foreground. They will launch along with Scott Tingle of NASA Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e048497 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 56 prime crewmembers pose for pictures May 14 following a crew news conference. From left to right are Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2017e134970 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 backup crewmember Jeanette Epps of NASA boards a Soyuz trainer Nov. 28 as part of her final qualification exam activities. Epps, Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency are serving as backups to the prime crew, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), who will launch Dec. 17 on their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e043406 (May 10, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 backup crew member Anne McClain of NASA signs in for her final Soyuz qualification exam May 10. McClain, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency are the backups to the prime crew of Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.
jsc2018e044095 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 56 crewmember Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA waits to board a Soyuz simulator May 11 during the final day of crew qualification exams. Aunon-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.