Photos: This is Houston, NASA-style

This is a Soyuz trainer for crews that will go to the International Space Station aboard Russia's rockets. Unlike the space shuttle trainers, which are mock-ups, this is an actual Soyuz capsule. It was more cost-effective for NASA to buy one of these rather than build a new one.

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Caption by Daniel Terdiman