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ISS expedition crew leave for pre-flight preparation at Baikonur Cosmodrome

NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara makes a heart-shaped gesture in a bus while leaving for pre-flight preparation ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, September 15, 2023. REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov

Sep 15, 2023

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