"pre-launch tradition"

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15 March 2025

Astronaut Anne McClain, Commander of the Crew 10 mission, reacts to her family during the traditional walkout before leaving for the launch pad.

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28 September 2024

Astronaut Nick Hague (NASA), right, and Cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov (Roscosmos), left, during the traditional ''walkout,'' leave the Astronaut Crew Quarters at the Kennedy Space Center before heading to Launch Pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where they launch on a long-duration mission to the Space Station.

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4 March 2024

The astronauts of the Crew 8 mission are participating in the traditional walkout at the Kennedy Space Center, minutes before heading to Launch Pad 39A. From left to right: Michael Barratt, Alexander Grebenkin, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps.

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4 March 2024

Astronauts Alexander Grebenkin, Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps are posing for the cameras during the traditional walkout before heading to Launch Pad 39A.

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4 March 2024

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is talking to members of her family during the traditional walkout.

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4 March 2024

The astronauts of the Crew 8 mission are participating in the traditional walkout at the Kennedy Space Center, minutes before heading to Launch Pad 39A. The crew includes Alexander Grebenkin, and NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps.

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4 March 2024

Cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Roscosmos is talking to members of his family during the traditional walkout.

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4 March 2024

NASA Astronaut and Crew 8 mission commander Matthew Dominik is talking to his family during the traditional astronaut walkout at the Kennedy Space Center.

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15 December 2015

KAZAKHSTAN Baikonur Cosmodrome -- 15 Dec 2015 -- The British ESA astronaut Tim Peake follows tradition and signs a door at the Cosmonaut Hotel before his launch to the International Space Station on 15 Dec 2015. Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to visit the ISS and will be launched together with commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra. The trio will then spend six months working and living on the International Space Station -- Picture by S Corvaja/Atlas Photo Archive/ESA

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