jsc2017e135210 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) waves to reporters as he boards a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Nov. 29 as part

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) waves to reporters as he boards a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Nov. 29 as part of the crew’s final qualification exam activities. Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is seen in the foreground. They will launch along with Scott Tingle of NASA Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger

jsc2017e135210 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 prime crewmember Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) waves to reporters as he boards a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Nov. 29 as part of the crew’s final qualification exam activities. Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is seen in the foreground. They will launch along with Scott Tingle of NASA Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.