iss055e010724 (April 4, 2018) --- The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship, held firmly in the grip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm, is pictured shortly after it was installed to the Harmony module's Earth-facing port.
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- At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 55 prime and backup crewmembers raise the flags of Russia, the United States and Kazakhstan in traditional pre-launch ceremonies March 6. Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov.
The Soyuz rocket is seen on the launch pad as the service structure arms are closed around it, Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch at 1:44 p.m. Eastern time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 and will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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jsc2018e010868 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmember Drew Feustel of NASA undergoes a leak check March 5 in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit as part of the crew’s first vehicle fit check activities. Feustel, Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch March 21 in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from Baikonur for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov.
iss055e004863 (March 23, 2018) --- The newly-expanded Expedition 55 crew gathers inside the Zvezda service module with its three newest crew members in the front row for a welcoming ceremony shortly after they arrived March 23, 2018. In front from left are Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold, Oleg Artemyev and Drew Feustel. In the back from left are Flight Engineer Norishige Kanai, Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Scott Tingle.