Exp 47 Departure Wave
Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, waves farewell to family and friends as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with fellow crew members Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos on Friday, March 18, 2016, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of March 19 and will send Ovchinin, Williams, and Skripochka on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)