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    • [1/11] Andreas Mogensen during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel
    • [2/11] Prime crew members during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel
    • [3/11] Prime and backup crew members during press conference held at Cosmonaut Hotel
    • [4/11] Andreas Mogensen during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel
    • [5/11] Prime crew members during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel
    • [6/11] Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft moved into vertical position
    • [7/11] Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft moved into vertical position
    • [8/11] Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft roll out
    • [9/11] Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft roll out
    • [10/11] Thomas Pesquet during the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft roll out
    • [11/11] Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft roll out

    Andreas Mogensen during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel
    Prime crew members during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel
    Prime and backup crew members during press conference held at Cosmonaut Hotel
    Andreas Mogensen during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel
    Prime crew members during the press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel
    Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft moved into vertical position
    Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft moved into vertical position
    Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft roll out
    Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft roll out
    Thomas Pesquet during the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft roll out
    Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft roll out

    Last days on Earth

    This gallery shows the last days in Baikonur before ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov are launched into space on 2 September.

    They gave a press conference at the Cosmonaut hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, in the morning of 1 September after the State Commission gave the final go ahead for their mission.

    Their Soyuz rocket and spacecraft was rolled out to the launchpad the day before.

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