Expedition 51 NASA Flight Engineer Jack Fischer's family is seen at a pre-launch press conference on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are Fischer's daughter, Sariah, his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter Bethany. Launch of the Expedition 51 crew is scheduled for April 20 and will carry Fischer and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani).
Expedition 51 Press Conference
Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer's daughter Sariah Fischer is interviewed by media at the conclusion of a pre-launch press conference on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for April 20 and will carry Fischer and Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 51 Press Conference
Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer's wife, Elizabeth Fischer, left, and daughters Sariah (not pictured) and Bethany, right, reach up to the bus window to bid farewell to Fischer as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 1:13PM April 20 Baikonur time and will send Fischer and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos on a four and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 51 Departure Wave
jsc2017e043083 (April 13, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 51 crewmembers Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left) and Jack Fischer of NASA (right) display commemorative items April 13 that will be used as “zero-G” mascot indicators in the Soyuz MS-04 descent module over their heads during launch and their ascent to orbit. Yurchikhin is holding several toys from his children and Fischer is holding an emblem of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where his daughter, Sariah was treated. Fischer and Yurchikhin will liftoff April 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA speaks with his family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Fischer and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 1:13 p.m. Baikonur time on April 20. Photo Credit: (GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 51 Pressure Checks
Elizabeth Fischer, wife of Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA, reacts as she sees Fischer enter the International Space Station during a live video feed of the Expedition 51 crew members a few hours after the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft docked on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Tsenki Conference Hall in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Fischer's arrival to the International Space Station comes the same day they launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 51 Hatch Opening