Expedition 53-54 crewmember Mark Vande Hei of NASA boards the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft Sept. 7 during final fit check training activities.
jsc2017e115140 (Sept. 7, 2017) — At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 53-54 crewmember Mark Vande Hei of NASA boards the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft Sept. 7 during final fit check training activities. Vande Hei, Joe Acaba of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos will launch Sept. 13 on the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/Irina Peshkova