The crew of ISS Expedition 54/55 conducts a final inspection of their Soyuz spacecraft and pays a visit to the Soyuz FG rocket that will take them into orbit aboard their MS-07 spacecraft for an express link-up with the orbiting laboratory.

The Soyuz MS-07 crew of Anton Shkaplerov, Norishige Kanai and Scott Tingle goes through final checkouts of their Sokol Launch and Entry Suits, a suited ingress exercise, final simulations aboard their Soyuz spacecraft and various equipment familiarization exercises in the final two weeks leading up to a December 2017 liftoff

The Soyuz MS-07 crew members, Anton Shkaplerov, Norishige Kanai and Scott Tingle participate in traditional pre-launch activities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome along with their backups

The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft (No. 734) undergoes pre-launch processing at Site 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome after arrival in early October 2017.

The crew of Soyuz MS-07 – Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineers Norishige Kanai & Scott Tingle – arrived at the Baikonur on December 4, 2017 for their final two weeks of launch preparations

The crew of Soyuz MS-07, Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineers Norishige Kanai and Scott Tingle, along with their backups, participate in traditional pre-launch activities in Moscow

The crew of International Space Station Expedition 54 and 55 completes final Soyuz and ISS training operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Moscow ahead of a late 2017 liftoff.