Vacuum chamber

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tests her custom-made Sokol spacesuit in a vacuum chamber. Samantha will wear this suit during the liftoff and landing for her six-month International Space Station mission set to start in November this year.

Read more in Samantha’s daily training logbook: plus.google.com/+SamanthaCristoforetti/

Follow Samantha as she prepares for her Futura mission: samanthacristoforetti.esa.int/