NASA crew readies for next mission to International Space Station
In anticipation of a March 18 launch, crew members from NASA's Expedition 47 mission to the International Space Station take their final qualification exams at ...
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) Leading Suit Engineer Ivan F. Kruchkov poses for a photograph with the Sokol launch and landing suits used by cosmonauts and astronauts during training, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Kruchkov was Yuri Gagarin’s first pilot instructor at the Orenburg military pilot school in 1956 and 1957. Kruchkov has worked the last 25 years at GCTC with Sokol spacesuits.