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Expedition 52 flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, blows a kiss to family and friends as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel with fellow crew mates flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, July 28, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz rocket launched at 11:41 a.m. EDT on July 28 (9:41 p.m. Baikonur time) to start Ryazanskiy, Bresnik, and Nespoli on a four and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.