Technicians monitor NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui from outside a soyuz test vehicle during 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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