The passengers aboard the Sea Launch
Commander bid farewell to their families, friends and colleagues...

...and then gather at their assigned muster stations for mandatory safety training.

Radio officer and evacuation leader Epie Alfonso (at left) provides orientation to passengers in the lifeboat. Seated from left are Yulia Ignatieva, translator; Gregory Staroverov, mission scheduling specialist; and Viaceslav Firsev, software specialist.

(Photos by David Hutsell
for Sea Launch)

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