Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin discussed life and work aboard the International Space Station with the six Expedition 26 crew members during a call from the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, on Jan. 11, 2011. Mr. Putin was in the control center outside Moscow chairing a commission involved in formulating events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the launch on April 12, 1961, of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin as the first human in space.
