At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 crewmembers Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (left), Randy Bresnik of NASA (center) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, right) sign a flag bearing their Soyuz spacecraft insignia July 24 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Nespoli, Bresnik and Ryazanskiy will launch July 28 aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.
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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 crewmembers Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (left), Randy Bresnik of NASA (center) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, right) sign a flag bearing their Soyuz spacecraft insignia July 24 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Nespoli, Bresnik and Ryazanskiy will launch July 28 aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.