Expedition 42/43 crewmember Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency poses for a picture rehearsal activities.

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 42/43 crewmember Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency poses for a picture Nov. 19 by the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft during the crew’s second and final pre-launch “fit check” dress rehearsal activities. Cristoforetti, Terry Virts of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch on Nov. 24, Kazakh time, from Baikonur for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.

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