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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- A Roscosmos' Soyuz-FG rocket was rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, June 4, 2018. Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, flight engineer Serena M. Auñón (Serena Auñón-Chancellor) with NASA, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) lifted off aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft at 7:12 a.m. Eastern time (5:12 p.m. Baikonur time) on Wednesday, June 6. The trio rode their MS-09 Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station and are scheduled to dock to the station’s Rassvet module at 9:07 a.m. Friday, June 8. Photos courtesy: Sean Costello
