The fuelling team
This photo was taken on Sunday 21 February in the fuelling area of the Baikonur cosmodrome, following the set-up of the MON (mixed oxides of nitrogen, also known as nitrogen tetroxide) tanks and the lines to the Trace Gas Orbiter, and after all the connections were checked and sealed.
The Thales Alenia Space - France fuelling team (in orange, standing, from left to right): Yannick Le Marchand, Sébastien Carbone, and Kevin Dumange; (kneeling, from left to right): Eric Dalonis, Eric Gendre and Pierre Gaudin.
Other TAS and ESA participants (in yellow, standing, from left to right): Albert Haldemann (ESA), Michael Coarezza (TAS-I), Thomas Walloschek (ESA), Roberto Benetti (TAS-I) and Philippe Schlosser (TAS-F).