Expedition 50 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, left, and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson wave farewell to family and friends as they and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Whitson, Novitskiy, and Pesquet launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of November 18 (Kazakh time)(Nov. 17 Eastern.) All three will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex.
Information
Taken in
Baikonur
Author
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Description
Expedition 50 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, left, and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson wave farewell to family and friends as they and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Whitson, Novitskiy, and Pesquet launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of November 18 (Kazakh time)(Nov. 17 Eastern.) All three will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex.