Final preparations begin for the next crew to the International Space Station
In short: This video captures the final qualification training for the Expedition 47-48 crew. Watch as astronauts and cosmonauts prepare for their upcoming six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
On February 24 and 25, final qualification drills occurred at Russia's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City. The crew members involved in these final qualifications include NASA's Jeff Williams and Shane Kimbrough, alongside Roscosmos's Alexey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka, Sergey Ryzhikov, and Andrey Borisenko.
Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome will host the March 19 launch, according to local time. The crew will travel to the International Space Station using the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft for a duration of six months.
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