Prime crew during the pre-launch press conference

Prime crew during the pre-launch press conference, on 27 July 2017, at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Prime crewmembers ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and commander Sergey Ryazanskiy are set to launch on 28 July for a four-and-a-half-month mission on the International Space Station. Backup crewmembers are JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin.

Connect with Paolo via paolonespoli.esa.int and check out the mission blog for updates: blogs.esa.int/vita