
1421: At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) shares a special moment with former cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, the first human to walk in space (left), during ceremonies May 15 to mark the crew’s departure for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Gerst, NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from Baikonur for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll
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