Preparing for life aboard the International Space Station
In short: The prime crew for Expedition 42/43 undergoes final qualification training in Star City, Russia. This video captures the final stages of preparation before their upcoming mission to the International Space Station.
The crew includes Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, NASA Flight Engineer Terry Virts, and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. They are scheduled to launch on November 24, Kazakh time, aboard the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft.
This mission is expected to last approximately five and a half months. The training took place at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, with backups Oleg Kononenko, Kjell Lindgren, and Kimiya Yui also participating in the process.
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- Also: Expedition 42/43 Prime Crew Members - NASA
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