Preparing for space

At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (foreground) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy conduct vestibular tests on tilt tables as part of their prelaunch training. Expedition 50-51 crewmembers Thomas, Oleg and Peggy Whitson of NASA will launch on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station on 17 November 2016.