At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) share a playful moment with their Sokol launch and entry suits Feb. 27 after completing the first of two Soyuz spacecraft fit checks during pre-launch training. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Photographer Victor Zelentsov
Date February 27, 2019