Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos talks with family and friends after having 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. Prokopyev, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) 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)