Aside from all the technical and official work we also need to rest before launch. And there are many ceremonies and traditions. In addition we were treated to a beautiful lunar eclipse. In the clear winter night the moon became visible as a three dimensional orange coloured ball. A Proton rocket was also launched, we were able to see it leave from a long way away, on the roof of our cosmonaut hotel. During the traditional flag ceremony a funny moment occurred when my commander, Oleg Kononenko, walked towards the Dutch flag whereas I went for the Russian flag. The colours of both nations flags are of course, the same and the flags were not raised yet… Read on...
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