Expedition 56 Soyuz Docking

Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) is seen after the hatches were opened between the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft and the International Space Station on screens at the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-09 docked to the International Space Station on Friday, June 8, 2018. Hatches were opened at 11:17am EDT (6:17pm Moscow time) and Gerst, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos joined Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA, Ricky Arnold of NASA, and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos onboard the orbiting laboratory.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) is seen after the hatches were opened between the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft and the International Space Station on screens at the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-09 docked to the International Space Station on Friday, June 8, 2018. Hatches were opened at 11:17am EDT (6:17pm Moscow time) and Gerst, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos joined Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA, Ricky Arnold of NASA, and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Photographer NASA/Joel Kowsky
Location Korolev