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Station Astronauts Undergo Physical Conditioning for Soyuz Launch

Koichi Wakata and Rick Mastracchio
At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata (left background) and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio (right) take turns on tilt tables Nov. 1 as they undergo physical conditioning for their scheduled launch on Nov. 7, Kazakh time, with Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin.

JSC2013-E-091599 (1 Nov. 2013) — At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata (left background) and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio (right) take turns on tilt tables Nov. 1 as they undergo physical conditioning for their scheduled launch on Nov. 7, Kazakh time, with Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin. The three are preparing to lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov