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Koichi Wakata suits up for a fit check

Koichi Wakata suits up for a fit check
In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency suits up for a fit check dress rehearsal.

JSC2013-E-091203 (28 Oct. 2013) — In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency suits up for a fit check dress rehearsal in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft Oct. 28. Wakata, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA are scheduled to launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov