Pedro Duque undergoes a final pressure test

On 18 October 2003, Spanish ESA astronaut Pedro Duque is strapped into a launch seat and undergoes a final pressure test of his Sokol pressure suit prior to being transferred to the launch pad to board the Soyuz TMA-3 for launch of the Cervantes Mission to the International Space Station (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazahkstan).