At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 56 prime and backup crewmembers raise the flags of the U.S., Russia, Germany and Kazakhstan May 21 in traditional pre-launch ceremonies. Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.
Date May 21, 2018