iss060m262012003_NTV_VF_Expedition_60-61_Launch_July-20-2019

NASA Television Video File -Expedition 60 / 61 Launch - July 20 2019 On the 50th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts, Expedition 60-61 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, NASA Flight Engineer Drew Morgan and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency launched on the Russian Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft on July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a six-hour journey to the International Space Station and the start of a long duration mission on the outpost. The footage contains the crew’s pre-launch activities that included their departure from their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters, their suit-up in the Cosmodrome’s Integration Facility, walk out to their crew bus and arrival at the launch pad to board their spacecraft. The video also includes post-launch interviews with Kirk Shireman, NASA International Space Station Program Manager, Jan Woerner, Director General, ESA, David Parker, Director of Human And Robotic Exploration, ESA, Gabriele Mascetti, Head of Microgravity and Human Spaceflight, ASI, and Franco Ongaro, Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality, ESA.