Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques takes part in Expedition 56/57 pre-launch activities

2018-05-20 – As a member of the backup crew for Expedition 56/57, David Saint-Jacques and his Expedition 58 crewmates, Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos) and Anne C. McClain (NASA), take part in pre-launch activities with the prime crew in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 prime and backup crew members run through procedures in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft as part of the first Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal activities. (Credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC))