In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 42/43 crewmember Terry Virts of NASA checks out the systems of the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft Nov. 12 during a "fit check" dress rehearsal. Virts, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency will launch Nov. 24, Kazakh time, from Baikonur for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station
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NASA/Victor Ivanov
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In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 42/43 crewmember Terry Virts of NASA checks out the systems of the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft Nov. 12 during a "fit check" dress rehearsal. Virts, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency will launch Nov. 24, Kazakh time, from Baikonur for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station