Testing Sokol suit. Credit: GCTC

Testing Sokol suit. Credit: GCTC

A new video recaps four years of training learning science, survival techniques, new languages, robotic operations and Space Station systems to prepare for his mission.

Alexander discusses basic training, overseeing docking of ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle space freighter, spacewalk training in swimming pools, the merits of US and Russian spacesuits and the scientific experiments he will conduct.

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