Space crew to blast off to International Space Station

Published November 14, 2014
US astronaut Terry Virts (L), Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (C) and European Space Agency's Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti pose in front of the Soyuz TMA-15M space vehicle. — AFP
US astronaut Terry Virts (L), Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (C) and European Space Agency's Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti pose in front of the Soyuz TMA-15M space vehicle. — AFP
US astronaut Terry Virts tries on his spacesuit at Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome. — AFP
US astronaut Terry Virts tries on his spacesuit at Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome. — AFP
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tries on her spacesuit. — AFP
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tries on her spacesuit. — AFP
US astronaut Terry Virts works inside a Soyuz TMA-15M space vehicle. — AFP
US astronaut Terry Virts works inside a Soyuz TMA-15M space vehicle. — AFP
European Space Agency's Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti works inside the Soyuz TMA-15M space vehicle at an assembly department. — AFP
European Space Agency's Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti works inside the Soyuz TMA-15M space vehicle at an assembly department. — AFP
US astronaut Terry Virts (L), Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (C) and European Space Agency's Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti pose with their spacesuits.— AFP
US astronaut Terry Virts (L), Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (C) and European Space Agency's Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti pose with their spacesuits.— AFP

Members of the International space crew, US astronaut Terry Virts, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and European Space Agency's Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti are scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) on November 23 from the Russian-leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome, a space launch facility.

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