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In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft is lowered from its test stand May 29 in preparation for its encapsulation into the upper stage of its Soyuz booster rocket. Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Courtesy: Roscosmos and RSC-Energia

jsc2018e050837 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft is lowered from its test stand May 29 in preparation for its encapsulation into the upper stage of its Soyuz booster rocket. Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...Courtesy: Roscosmos and RSC-Energia.