"At the 17th site of the Baikonur cosmodrome, in front of the Kosmonavt Hotel, a ceremony was held to raise the flags of the countries participating in the international manned launch of the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft," reports the Baikonur administration.
The crews of the 72nd long-term expedition to the ISS launched the final stage of cosmonaut training.
The commanders of the main and backup crews, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Sergey Ryzhikov, raised the flag of the Russian Federation, NASA astronauts Donald Pettit and Jonathan Kim raised the flag of the United States, and Roscosmos flight engineers Ivan Vagner and Alexey Zubritsky raised the flag of Kazakhstan.
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