



The crew of the Soyuz manned spacecraft with the call sign "Astrey" passed the preflight exams in Star City and left for Baikonur.
Months of intensive training are behind us, and Anton Shkaplerov, Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti have 170 days of orbital business trip and more than 200 scientific experiments ahead.
Interview: crew members of the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft, test manager and lead engineer of NPP Zvezda Vladimir Maslennikov.
Shkaplerov A.N. -- pilot-cosmonaut
11.15.2014