ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is training this week on ATV docking procedures together with the Expedition 36 commander, Russian astronaut Fyodor Yurchikhin. The two are scheduled to fly to the ISS in 2013.
@Astro_Luca getting now trained on #ATV4yfrog.com/mn8ybtvj yfrog.com/gymohcxj yfrog.com/nyoq8ntj with his Cmdr #Exp36
— lionelferra (@lionelferra) June 1, 2012
Photos credit: L. Ferra
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Discussion: 2 comments
It is NOT Maksim Surayev, but Fyodor Yurchikhin!
anik1982space: Thanks for the correction! Post has been updated. — Daniel