Published on April 30, 2017
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 42/43 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Terry Virts and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft in the Integration Facility November 19 for a final “fit check” dress rehearsal, the day before the Soyuz was mated to its booster November 20 in advance of its move to the launch pad. The trio is preparing for liftoff on November 24, Kazakh time, for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.
