Members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 53/54, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (top), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (bottom) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (C) (JAXA) wave as they climb a ladder to the rocket at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on December 17, 2017. NASA astronaut Scott Tingle and crewmates Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Norishege Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency were expected to lift off in the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. / AFP PHOTO / Shamil ZHUMATOV(SHAMIL ZHUMATOV)