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Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, center, and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin before the launch of the Soyuz rocket with the TPK Soyuz TMA-09M at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 28.05.2013
- Date published: 29.05.2013
- Author: Vladimir Astapkovich
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3466x2001px, 1.6Mb