Crew members of the 42/43rd expedition to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy) before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Crew member of the 42/43rd expedition to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA) during final checks of the spacesuit before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From right: RF Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and crew members of 42/43rd expedition to the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA) before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Crew members of the 42/43rd expedition to the International Space Station, from right: NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy) before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA) before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy) before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Crew members of the 42/43rd expedition to the International Space Station, from left: NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy) before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, right, before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Crew member of the 42/43rd expedition to the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy) during final checks of the spacesuit before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Crew member of the 42/43rd expedition to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA) during final checks of the spacesuit before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Crew member of the 42/43rd expedition to the International Space Station, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) during final checks of the spacesuit before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Crew member of the 42/43rd expedition to the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy) during final checks of the spacesuit before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From right: the crew of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From left: the crew of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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The Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft before the launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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The Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with the manned transport Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft before launch at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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The Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft before the launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) during the final checks of the spacesuit before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome

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NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From left: the crew of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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A clergyman blesses the crew of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy) before the launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy) before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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The Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft before the launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From left: NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), crew members of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, with Oleg Ostapenko, head of the Russian Space Agency, during a report by a state commission before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From left: the crew of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), during a report by a state commission before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From left: the crew of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), during a report by a state commission before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From left: Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), crew members of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, during final checks of the spacesuits before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, leaves a hotel before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, leaves a hotel before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, leaves a hotel before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From right: the crew of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), leave a hotel before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, leaves a hotel before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), crew member of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, leaves a hotel before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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From left: the crew of Expedition 42/43 to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), leave a hotel before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the manned Soyuz TMA-15M transport spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

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