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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 runs through procedures May 20 in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft as part of 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.