International Space Station Expedition 40 backup crew members NASA astronaut Terry Virts (left), Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (right) pose in front of a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center May 5, 2015 in Star City, Russia.

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International Space Station Expedition 40 backup crew members NASA astronaut Terry Virts (left), Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (right) pose in front of a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center May 5, 2015 in Star City, Russia.

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