ISS Expedition 36 European Space Agency Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft to the International Space Station May 28, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Nyberg, Yurchikhin and Parmitano on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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ISS Expedition 36 European Space Agency Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft to the International Space Station May 28, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Nyberg, Yurchikhin and Parmitano on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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