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hi this is mike fossum expedition 28 and

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we're at baikonur cosmodrome at the

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cosmonaut hotel quarantine facility in

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kazakhstan

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space history is living history and

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nowhere is that better exemplified than

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here at alay khasmanofthaf

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where we have trees planted for every

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participant in the russian space program

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since the beginning starting with jurgen

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karen right here behind me

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this is really a great tradition that's

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part of being a participant in the

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russian space program it's something i'd

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like to show and share a little more

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with you let's take a walk around come

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i'll walk through i lay cosmic off it's

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quite literally a walk through history

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these trees

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represent many of the figures from the

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history books the early days of the

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russian space program

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just a little ways behind me are

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actually the first americans to have

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trees here

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they were the apollo crew from the

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apollo soyuz joint mission it's in 1975

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the first time we had a cooperative

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program

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between the russians and the united

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states that was led by tom stafford

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commander tom stafford vance brand and

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dick slayton

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since then there have been many

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americans fly with the russians and have

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trees located here on ale cosmonauts

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what a great place

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i want to show you something here too

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just on the edge

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of the of this grove of trees

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is a great overlook so come along with

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me over here and let's take a look at

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i just love this view

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what you see behind me here is the

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ceiraderia river

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it's also called cervene oreca

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or northern river

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it earned that name by being the actual

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northern boundary of alexander the

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great's conquest

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2300 years ago

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another important thing a bit of history

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for baikonur

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is its position as a way station on the

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silk road that went all the way from

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china

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to the mediterranean basin

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baikonur

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is a weigh station yet today

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it's a way station to the stars