As part of their ceremonial preflight activities, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 25 flight engineer; Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz commander; and Oleg Skripochka, flight engineer, posed for pictures in front of the Tsar Bell at the Kremlin in Moscow Sept. 17, 2010 as they prepare for the launch Oct. 8 (Kazakhstan time) in the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 5 ½ month stay on the International Space Station.
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Star City Moscow
Author
NASA/Ron Garan
Description
As part of their ceremonial preflight activities, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 25 flight engineer; Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri, Soyuz commander; and Oleg Skripochka, flight engineer, posed for pictures in front of the Tsar Bell at the Kremlin in Moscow Sept. 17, 2010 as they prepare for the launch Oct. 8 (Kazakhstan time) in the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 5 ½ month stay on the International Space Station.