jsc2018e081047 (Sept. 12, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report for duty Sept. 13 for the first day of their Soyuz qualification exams. Ovchinin and Hague are scheduled to launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e081048 (Sept. 12, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA (right) signs in Sept. 13 for the first day of Soyuz qualification exams as crewmate Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos looks on. Ovchinin and Hague are scheduled to launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e081179 (Sept. 14, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (foreground) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to officials Sept. 14 for the second day of their Soyuz qualification exams. They will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e095175 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) report to Russian space officials Nov. 14 for their final day of qualification exams. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e095177 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Anne McClain of NASA signs in for the final day of qualification exams Nov. 14. McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e094958 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 backup crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA signs in for qualification exams Nov. 13 as his crewmates, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (left) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) look on. They are the backups to the prime crew, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e094960 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Nov. 13 during qualification exam training. They are the backups to the prime crew, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e081181 (Sept. 14, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Sept. 14 during their Soyuz qualification exam activities. They will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e095176 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency signs in for the final day of qualification exams Nov. 14. Saint-Jacques, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and Anne McClain of NASA will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

At the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (front row, left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (front row, center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (front row, right) sign a book bearing crews’ signatures in a traditional ceremony Nov. 15. Looking on in the back row are the backup crewmembers, Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right). McClain, Kononenko and Saint-Jacques will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

At the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (front row, left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (front row, center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (front row, right) sign a book bearing crews’ signatures in a traditional ceremony Nov. 15. Looking on in the back row are the prime crewmembers, Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right), who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

Work Request Description: Expedition 58 crew qualification exams and preflight imagery at GCTC

Expedition 58 prime crewmember Anne McClain of NASA (left) and backup crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA (right) pose for pictures in the Kremlin in Moscow Nov. 15 in traditional ceremonies. McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

Expedition 58 crewmember Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos pays homage in traditional ceremonies Nov. 15 at the Kremlin Wall in Red Square where Russian space icons are interred. At the far left looking on are crewmates Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will launch with Kononenko Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e094961 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures Nov. 13 during qualification exam training. Along with Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (not pictured), they are the backups to the prime crew, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

Work Request Description: Expedition 58 crew qualification exams and preflight imagery at GCTC

jsc2018e094959 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) meet with reporters Nov. 13 during qualification exam training. They are the backups to the prime crew, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e095178 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (left) and Anne McClain of NASA (right) listen to a reporter’s question Nov. 14 at the conclusion of qualification exams. Along with David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, they will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e094966 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures Nov. 13 during final qualification exams. Along with David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (not pictured), they will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e095173 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and Anne McClain of NASA (right) pose for pictures Nov. 14 at the conclusion of qualification exams. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

With the onion domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral serving as a backdrop, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures at the Kremlin Wall in Red Square in Moscow Nov. 15 in traditional ceremonies. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

Expedition 58 crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency pays homage in traditional ceremonies Nov. 15 at the Kremlin Wall in Red Square in Moscow where Russian space icons are interred. Saint-Jacques, Anne McClain of NASA and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

Expedition 58 prime crewmember Anne McClain of NASA (foreground) and backup crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA (top) lay flowers Nov. 15 in traditional ceremonies at the Kremlin Wall in Red Square in Moscow where Russian space icons are interred. McClain, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e081182 (Sept. 14, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Sept. 14 during their Soyuz qualification exam activities. They will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e095174 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos boards a Soyuz trainer Nov. 14 at the conclusion of qualification exams. Kononenko, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e095172 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and Anne McClain of NASA (right) pose for pictures Nov. 14 at the conclusion of qualification exams. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e095170 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos listens to a reporter’s question Nov. 14 at the conclusion of qualification exams. Kononenko, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e094964 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Anne McClain of NASA listens to a reporter’s question Nov. 13 during qualification exams. McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Anne McClain of NASA is introduced at the crew’s news conference Nov. 15 as crewmate David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) looks on. They and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e094962 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (foreground), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) report for their qualification exams Nov. 13. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Nov. 15 following the crew’s news conference. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e081180 (Sept. 14, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crew member Nick Hague of NASA signs in Sept. 14 for the second day of Soyuz qualification exams. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e094963 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency signs in for his qualification exams Nov. 13. Saint-Jacques, Anne McClain of NASA and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e094967 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Anne McClain of NASA is seen in a Russian space station trainer Nov. 13 during final qualification exams. McClain, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

jsc2018e094965 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Nov. 13 during final qualification exams. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Anne McClain of NASA answers a reporter’s question at the crew’s news conference Nov. 15 as crewmate David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) looks on. They and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

The Expedition 58 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Nov. 15 in front of the Tsar Bell at the Kremlin in Moscow in traditional ceremonies. Front left to right are the prime crewmembers, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, Anne McClain of NASA and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and the backup crewmembers, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Drew Morgan of NASA. McClain, Saint-Jacques and Kononenko will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (left) and Drew Morgan of NASA (right) share a selfie Nov. 15 during the crew’s traditional news conference. They and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos are the backups to Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.