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Rick Mastracchio Places Crew Patch on Quest Airlock

Rick Mastracchio Places Crew Patch on Quest Airlock
Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 39 flight engineer, places his crew patch on the wall in the Quest airlock of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station.

ISS039-E-020702 (13 May 2014) — NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 39 flight engineer, places his crew patch on the wall in the Quest airlock of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, continuing a Quest-based tradition of station crew members who have participated in space walks on their current flights. A short time later, Mastracchio joined Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos as they departed the orbital outpost in a Soyuz vehicle.