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Expedition 50 Crew Launches to ISS

Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft launch, Nov. 17, 2016.
In this long exposure photograph, the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft is seen launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Expedition 50 crewmembers NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Nov 17, 2016.

In this long exposure photograph, the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft is seen launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Expedition 50 crewmembers NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Nov 17, 2016. Whitson, Novitskiy, and Pesquet will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex.

Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Expedition 50 launch and pre-launch photos