European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano during the fit check exercise at the Integration Facility in the Baikonur Cosmodrome May 17, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Parmitano along with NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin will launch May 29 as Expedition crew 36/37 to the International Space Station.

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European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano during the fit check exercise at the Integration Facility in the Baikonur Cosmodrome May 17, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Parmitano along with NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin will launch May 29 as Expedition crew 36/37 to the International Space Station.

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