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.23.11.2014#2532151
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.23.11.2014#2532147
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.23.11.2014#2532150
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.23.11.2014#2532157
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.23.11.2014#2532155
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.23.11.2014#2532156
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.23.11.2014#2532142
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.23.11.2014#2532145
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.23.11.2014#2532141
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.23.11.2014#2532125
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.23.11.2014#2532131
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.23.11.2014#2532067
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.23.11.2014#2532066
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.23.11.2014#2532063
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.23.11.2014#2532064
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.23.11.2014#2532062
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.23.11.2014#2532065
Members of the main crew for the 42/43 long expedition to the International Space Station during a visit to the museum, from left: NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy).19.11.2014#2530181
Members of the main crew for the 42/43 long expedition to the International Space Station after the final inspection of the spacecraft, from left: NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy).19.11.2014#2530134
Members of the main crew for the 42/43 long expedition to the International Space Station after the final inspection of the spacecraft, from left: NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy).19.11.2014#2530132
Member of the main crew for the 42/43 long expedition to the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), during the final inspection of the spacecraft.19.11.2014#2530190
Members of the main crew for the 42/43 long expedition to the International Space Station during the final inspection of the spacecraft, from right: NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy).19.11.2014#2530192
Members of the main crew for the 42/43 long expedition to the International Space Station during the final inspection of the spacecraft, from left: NASA astronaut Terry Virts (USA), Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy).19.11.2014#2530128
Main crew of the 42/43 expedition to the International Space Station: NASA austronaut Terry W. Virts, RSA cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and ESA austronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (from left to right) during the farewell event for the crew that leaves for the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Star City in the Moscow Region.11.11.2014#2525723
From left: Members of the stand-by crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- NASA Astronaut Terry Wayne Virts, Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and European Space Agency Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti -- prepare to take an exam inside a simulator of Russia's Soyuz-TMA-M manned spacecraft at the Yury Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star Town near Moscow.06.05.2014#2423036
From left: Members of the stand-by crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 40/41 -- NASA Astronaut Terry Wayne Virts, Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and European Space Agency Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti -- prepare to take an exam inside a simulator of Russia's Soyuz-TMA-M manned spacecraft at the Yury Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star Town near Moscow.06.05.2014#2423043
