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Departure to the International Space Station

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-is050-01001

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 25 cm

Expedition 50 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet waves farewell to friends and family as he and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos depart building 254 a few hours ahead of their launch, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Whitson, Novitskiy, and Pesquet launched in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission.

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2016 - ASTRONAUT - BAIKONUR - DEPARTURE - EXPEDITION 50 - HUMAN - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - KAZAKHSTAN - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - PESQUET THOMAS - PORTRAIT - SPACE STATION - SPACE SUIT - WAVE -