NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui participate in the second day of qualification exams, Thursday, May 7, 2015 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. The Expedition 44/45 trio is preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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