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Expedition 52 flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos is seen before having his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft, Friday, July 28, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 52 flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency), launched at 11:41 a.m. EDT on July 28 (9:41 p.m. Baikonur time) to begin a four and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.