Expedirtion 55 Flag Raising and Traditional Pre-Launch Ceremonies

jsc2018e024047 — At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 55 prime and backup crew members raise the flags of Russia, the United States and Kazakhstan in traditional pre-launch ceremonies March 6. Prime crew members Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov