Aidyn, Sergei and Andreas at the press conference. Credits: GCTC
Signing the memorial book. Credits: ESA
Having passed their final exams on Friday, Andreas, Sergei and Aidyn were given an official certification by the international partners that run the International Space Station today. They held a press conference at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre afterwards before signing a memorial book in the office of the first person to go to space, Yuri Gagarin. Their next visit of the day was the Red Square and Kremlin in Moscow, Russia to lay flowers and pay tribute to Russian heroes of spaceflight.
Laying flowers. Credits: ESA
The backup crew for their flight, including ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Oleg Skripochka, were present at all events and available for photos and questions.
The press conference and visit to Red Square can be watched in Russian in the videos below, courtesy of the Yuri Gagarin Training Centre. Most of the videos are in Russian, but Andreas answers questions in English from ten minutes on during the press conference.
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