Inside the quarantine period before a journey to the International Space Station
In short: Experience the final stages of launch preparations from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. This video follows ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen as he joins the Expedition 42/43 crew in quarantine before their upcoming departure to the ISS.
The video captures the atmosphere in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, as astronauts prepare for spaceflight. Andreas Mogensen is observing the procedures ahead of his own September 2015 launch for the Iriss mission, where he will spend 10 days aboard the station. Meanwhile, fellow ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is preparing for her Futura mission, a six-month stay on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 42/43 crew.
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