Samantha, Butch and Elena during training at JSC

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and Elena Serova during training, at the Building 9’s Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF). at the NASA's Johnson Space Center, on 2 July 2014.

The training catalog includes about 200 different SVMF classes to prepare astronauts in how to respond to just about any issue or emergency in orbit.

Samantha Cristoforetti is assigned to fly on the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft to the ISS, scheduled for November 2014 and as part of Expedition 42/43.