Science & Exploration
Oleg Ostapenko and Expedition 42/43 crew members
Oleg Ostapenko, General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), shakes hands with Expedition 42/43 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti as she and crewmates Roscosmos commander Anton Shkaplerov and Terry Virts of NASA arrive to the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 23 November 2014.
On this mission, Samantha is flying as an ESA astronaut for Italy’s ASI space agency under a special agreement between ASI and NASA.
Oleg Ostapenko and Expedition 42/43 crew members
Expedition 40/41 crew members and Oleg Ostapenko
Expedition 42/43 crew members during press conference
Expedition 42/43 crew members at the launch pad
