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Astronaut in soyuz simulator, Star City

by

ESA/S.Corvaja/Novapix

Reference

e-rus01-10402

Date

2009-03-20

ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, from Germany, during a training session inside the Soyuz TMA simulator at the Gagarin Training Center, also known as Zviezdny Gorodok ("Star City"), near Moscow, in July 2003, as part of his preparation for future long-duration flights to the International Space Station (ISS).
For this simulation, Thomas Reiter, alone in the module, sits in the commander's seat. He wears the Sokol pressure suit worn by the crew during launch and return phases.