Astronauts fight swine flu

TMA-17 H1N1 swine flu

In the above picture, the 3 astronauts that blasted off yesterday to the International Space Station aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-17 spaceship (see this Enjoy Space article and video) pose wearing masks in support of sanitary efforts to prevent the A(H1N1) flu. The Russian caption means: “It won’t win!”.

Published on 21 December 2009

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