In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 crew member Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency poses for pictures May 20 as he prepares to board the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for the first fit check dress rehearsal activities. Gerst, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.
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In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 crew member Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency poses for pictures May 20 as he prepares to board the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for the first fit check dress rehearsal activities. Gerst, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.