ISS Expedition 52 patch, 2017

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli (IT) was launched on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft to the International Space Station, on 28 July 2017 and as part of Expedition 52/53, with Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky and NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik. Expedition 52 begins with the scheduled undocking of Soyuz MS-03 in May 2017. The three new crew members (Paolo and his two Expedition 52 colleagues) will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz MS-05, joining the rest of Expedition 52 on the Station, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, as well as NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson staying on after Expeditions 50 and 51. Designed by Luc van den Abeelen together with Fyodor Yurchikhin.