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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano reveals the mission name and patch on September 27, 2018.
Luca Parmitano during his training to work on a spacewalk, or Extravehicular Activity (EVA) at the NBL in Houston, Texas, on March 25, 2019.
Luca Parmitano EVA training at the NBL in Houston, Texas, on March 25, 2019.
Luca Parmitano in a classroom with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan for a science class at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 26, 2019.
Luca Parmitano working training on Partial Gravity Simulator, also known as POGO, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 26, 2019.
Luca Parmitano undergoing the fitting of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) gloves at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 27, 2019.
Luca Parmitano and his crew gearing up in their Sokol Spacesuits for training with the Sojuz simulator in the GCTC in Moscow, Russia on June 19, 2019.
Luca Parmitano during fitness training and evaluation in the GCTC in Moscow, Russia, on June 19, 2019.
Luca Parmitano in the CF-7 centrifuge to familiarize himself with the working conditions on board the Soyuz, in the GCTC in Moscow, Russia, on June 19, 2019.
Luca, Andrew and Alexander take a selfie with the Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on July 17, 2019.
Luca Parmitano performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel, before taking off in a Soyuz rocket, from Baikonour, Kazakhstan, on July 20, 2019.
The crew of Soyuz MS-13 says goodbye to their friends, family and well-wishers before boarding the bus that will take them to the Baikonur cosmodrome on July 20, 2019.
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano puts on his Sokol space suit in Baikonour, Kazakhstan, on July 20, 2019.
Luca Parmitano arrives at the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 20, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
The Beyond mission takes off. It is the beginning of a six-month adventure on board the International Space Station.
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