- Ansari talks about training with the Expedition 14 backup crew, speaking warmly about Peggy Whitson and Yuri Malenchenko.
- The German news agency DPA, meanwhile, has a somewhat odd, even mildly sexist article about Ansari: “Lipstick to hand, womankind will make another giant cosmic leap Monday,” the article starts, then goes on to discuss the handpicked shade of blue for her overalls and the cosmetics she’ll take with her to the ISS.
