(From L to R) Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, Anton Shkaplerov and U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank are seen before an examination session at the Star City space center outside Moscow, Russia, March 4, 2011. (Xinhua/Lu Jinbo)A Russian space agency interdepartmental commission will announce the results and finalize the prime crew for the Soyuz TMA-21 space mission based on the results of the completed testing on March 11.
The Soyuz TMA-21 is set to blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 30. The mission will be dedicated to the half-century anniversary of man’s first spaceflight, with the capsule being aptly named Gagarin.
The crew will be in space for 170 days until September 16, 2011. In that time, the cosmonauts will celebarte the 50th anniversery of Yuri Gagarin's first human spaceflight, receive two US shuttles, [Endeavour and Atlantis], and three Russian Progress cargo ships and complete a spacewalk contemplated by the Russian program.
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