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At the launch pad

Expedition 42/43 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, Roscosmos commander Anton Shkaplerov and Terry Virts of NASA and dignitaries at the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 23 November 2014.

 

On this mission, Samantha is flying as an ESA astronaut for Italy’s ASI space agency under a special agreement between ASI and NASA.

 

Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014

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