Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko participates in the second day of qualification exams with NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimya Yui, 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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