The international faces of the next five months in orbit
In short: Watch as the prime and backup crews for Expedition 44 and 45 gather in Star City to discuss their upcoming journey. This news conference offers a rare look at the diverse international cooperation required to maintain a permanent human presence in space.
On July 8, the crew members of Expedition 44/45 held a press conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. The group includes prime crew members Kjell Lindgren (NASA), Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), and Kimiya Yui (JAXA), alongside their designated backups: Timothy Peake (ESA), Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos), and Timothy Kopra (NASA).
The primary crew is scheduled to depart from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 23. They will travel aboard a Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft to begin a five-month mission at the International Space Station. The event highlights the collaborative nature of modern space exploration, involving agencies from the United States, Russia, Japan, and Europe.
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