Expedition 56 Preflight

Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA is seen as he prepares to have 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, Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA 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)

Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA is seen as he prepares to have 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, Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA 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)