In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 crewmember Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency undergoes a leak check of his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit during a fit check dress rehearsal July 17. Nespoli, Randy Bresnik of NASA and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.
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Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
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In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 crewmember Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency undergoes a leak check of his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit during a fit check dress rehearsal July 17. Nespoli, Randy Bresnik of NASA and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.