At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 46-47 crewmember Tim Kopra of NASA signs in for his qualification exam Nov. 20 as his crewmate, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency looks on. Along with Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Kopra and Peake will launch Dec. 15 on their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft Dec. 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.
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Star City Moscow
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NASA/Seth Marcantel
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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 46-47 crewmember Tim Kopra of NASA signs in for his qualification exam Nov. 20 as his crewmate, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency looks on. Along with Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Kopra and Peake will launch Dec. 15 on their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft Dec. 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.