Astronauts in Star City

With ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst due to return on 10 November after six months onboard the ISS, Samantha Cristoforetti is set to fly to the Station for a long-duration mission on 24 November. She will launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, and is currently joined at Star City by three other ESA astronauts – whose first missions are scheduled for 2015 and 2016.