Yuri and Mark

Yuri and Mark

Yuri Tsukanov has been the Russian fitness trainer tasked with the tough job of turning a geek into a cosmonaut. Here he's checking up on the state of progress during one of the regular fitness tests performed by the Star City trainers. For a really impressive display of badminton, Yuri is your man... he's the Star City champ.

Zero-G Cosmonauts

Yuri and Mark in the cosmonaut gym

Winter Campfire

Mig-25 Afterburners

Frank de Winne's at Pool Again

Unidentified Ice Injury

Space Fashion Parade

Flying The Flag

Flying The SA Colours

Zero-G Crew Photo

Spacesuit Windmill

Vso Xorosho!

Suited, Sealed and In A Spin

Donning a Space Suit in Weightlessness

Suiting up in Zero-G

Weightless Mechanics

Pass The 50kg Parcel

Weightless Mass Training

Geek In Training

Interactive Africa in the ISS

Space Food Specialists

Campfire Stories

Zero-G Heart Rate Data

Igor Rudyaev

Clifton Beach, Cape Town

Vaughan Oosthuizen

Ravi Naidoo

Freddy Khan

Nasa's nook

Entrance to Training

Swimming hole

Chilly route

The Prophy

Training centre

Lara Keytel

Igor Rudyaev

Dale Cupido

Richard Mills

Karen Sharwood

Mark Shuttleworth

Zero-G Training Heart Rate

Dale Cupido, International Man of Mystery

Karen Sharwood

Karen S and Dale C

Dale Cupido... Callsign 'Gladiator'

Hangin' around

The dreaded arm ergo

Yuri and Mark

Space Fashion

Wall to Wall Cosmonauts

Getting the hang of this

Green and gold

Floating with the Flag

Lifting Weightless Weights

Lost At Sea

Floating Cosmonauts

Up, Up and Away

Rigging the Crane Cables

Climbing into the Soyuz

Heat Exhaustion

Boarding The Soyuz

Ready To Board

Bobbing on the Black Sea

Up And Away

Soyuz Capsule on Deck

Smoke on the Water

Choppy Seas, Sick Cosmonauts

Through the doorway ...

In Training

Seats 3 ... just

Soyuz Sardines

Space Cadet in Training

Soyuz Cockpit Training

Negotiations

Negotiations

Negotiations

step 1: graft

iss training

the iss explained

Buranov and Boris

buranov and the instructor

holding onto the floor

heart-monitoring equipment

Ilyushin Parachute Parade

gearing up

perspective

Inside the hold

karen and the team

Ready To Board

Smoke Signals

Pistol Shot

Ballooning Over Russia

View From The Top

Like Father, Like Son

Test Pilot School

Mig-29 Cockpit

Mig-25: Nearly Sub-Orbital

IMBP Doctors

Soyuz TM Cockpit

Soyuz Launch

Space Toilet

Cosmonaut Crouch

Mir Training Mockup

Next-generation Soyuz TMA Cockpit

Sim In Session

Barochamber Team

Barochamber Done

Barochamber Run

EVA Training Mockup of Pirs

Roman Sorokin

Prophy Dinners

Bolshoi Ballet Dreams!

The Bolshoi Theatre

SA Ambassador to Russia

Crew Toast

Ready, Aim, Fire

Forest Flares

Boots and All

Which way up, Boris?

Wall To Wall Flying

Up And Over

Into The Capsule

Hackers Unite

Cosmonaut Lumberjacks

Stacking Snow Blocks

Boy Scouts

Where There's Smoke...

Winter Fatigues

Russian Lifeboat

Kremlin Sunset

It's a Bra!

The Centrifuge Capsule

Wires Everywhere

Maximum G's

Heartbeat At 8 G's

Strapped In, Ready to Roll

Bleed 'Em Dry

Navigator's View

EVA Pool, Houston

Synchronised Swimming

Diving in the NBF

Neutral Bouyancy Laboratory, Houston

Apollo Capsule in Houston

Orthostatic Testing

Orthostatic Testing

Breath Deeply

Heart Rate Monitoring

Parachute Parade

Smiles of Relief

This Side Up

Cosmonaut Quarters

Landing Countdown to 05:51 05 May
Landing Complete!
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